The distance is quite long (2, 200 meters) so there's time, but you don't want to get caught wide at the first bend.

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The inquest heard Mr Richardson was about to overtake on the first bend of a race at the Olympic Stadium in Wroclaw on 13 May.

BBC: Speedway's Lee Richardson 'aware of the danger'

After the first bend and first jumps took an early toll on the field, Strombergs took the lead at the halfway point before the crucial big jump leading into the penultimate straight.

CNN: France win BMX gold as Briton Reade crashes

Italian ace Valentino Rossi again struggled on his Ducati and was back in ninth spot, while San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista will start from the back of the grid after being penalized for his crash last weekend at Assen where he took out Lorenzo on the first bend.

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First fly to Bend, Oregon (see map, above).

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First fly to Bend, Ore.

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Will they abide by their faith and absolute opposition to abortion and homosexuality being first and foremost, or bend to the will of the party?

CNN: Commentary: Will evangelicals choose Giuliani over faith?

Magazines like Game Informer bend over backwards to land the very first exclusive look at an anticipated new game.

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The first part of the book is a mixture of psychology and trendy neuroscience research that presents the evidence for Mr Shermer's central claim: that, instead of shaping belief around painstakingly gathered, soberly judged evidence, people most often decide upon their beliefs first, and then use an impressive range of cognitive tricks to bend whatever evidence they do discover into support for those pre-decided acts of faith.

ECONOMIST: A medley of aliens and conspiracy theories

Tobias Seidl at the University of Zurich says that's because nobody thought fast-moving ants were smart enough to bend and stretch their way under low-hanging obstacles without first slowing down to check them out.

NPR: Mole-Rats, Ants Making Science Headlines

The University of Notre Dame defeated the University of Michigan 13-6 at South Bend Indiana last night, taking the Fighting Irish to 4-0 for the first time in a decade.

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But he certainly looked like the Pettitte of old, employing his signature bend-but-don't-break style as he put men on the corners in the first, second, and fourth innings, but prevented all from scoring.

WSJ: Andy Pettitte Strong in Return for Yankees