Sure enough, this light was bent by the mass of the sun, confirming Einstein's theory.
This will not be the first time tax rules have been bent by Beckham.
If you're on a mobile device, your arms are bent by your side and your back hunch is even more profound.
It may well be true that in theory that health care cost curve can be bent by acting aggressively as a buyer.
"Light coming toward us from a distant galaxy is bent by the gravity of a lump of matter in the middle, " explained Catherine Heymans of the University of Edinburgh.
But lest you think Svensson's brain has been bent by too many hours behind his joystick, consider this: Microsoft's share of the market has been growing steadily since 1995 as its games have improved considerably.
It is wedged in the identity plate of a baggage container, bent double by the force of the blast.
Sabriel flinched as the girl screamed, hesitated for a moment, then bent down by the rabbit's side and reached out with one pale hand to touch it between its long ears.
This exploits one of the predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity: that the path of a beam of light (which is a straight line in empty space) is bent inwards by the gravity of a massive object.
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This refraction eliminates both the red end of the spectrum (red light is not bent enough by the air layer to form part of the second image) and the blue frequencies (which are scattered away: this selective scattering is why the sky is blue).
Just before the break, Birmingham looked to have won a penalty when Bent was felled by Richard Stearman, but referee Howard Webb ruled out a spot kick.
But for all the home side's pressure, clear-cut openings were at a premium - although substitute Danny Welbeck was guilty of blazing over after being set up by Bent.
It was perhaps inevitable that Bent, discarded by Spurs last summer, would be fired up for this one, but he managed to inspire his team-mates to greater heights as well in an electrifying start by the home side.
However, after Modric saw his shot brilliantly saved by Jaaskelainen, Bent was adjudged to have been hauled down by the Finnish keeper and he coolly slotted home the penalty.
Spurs suffered another blow when striker Pavlyuchenko, limping from early on, was replaced by Darren Bent.
Because the chances of that happening are far greater than an attack by someone bent on mass murder.
Villa led 2-0 at the break through a Richard Dunne header and a finish from an acute angle by Darren Bent.
Some comical defending involving two terrible clearances saw Kingson called on to block Welbeck's strike and then Evatt made amends for his shocking miscue by heading Bent's powerful follow-up over the bar.
Yet many observers believe the Tokat attack was staged by PKK hardliners bent on sabotaging peace.
Witnesses said that as Ms Jenkins walked by, Dean bent down as if to tie her shoelaces.
The American Congress seems bent on weakening Mr Abbas by withholding funds, to punish him for his UN bid.
Coppola later told reporters during the Rome Film Festival that the comments were "obviously bent out of shape" by the magazine.
Yared, a Maserati-driving, 35-year-old former Sun engineer, is now chief executive of ActiveGrid, a San Francisco firm staffed with Sun defectors and bent on undercutting software sold by BEA, IBM and Sun.
Black Cats manager Steve Bruce may have been surprised by the impact Bent has made at the Stadium of Light, admitting "he's probably a better footballer than I thought he was".
Examining Boeing's contention that EgyptAir's Flight 990 crash was caused by a pilot bent on a suicide mission, a topic she says fits perfectly with her center's focus on using science to verify facts.
Liverpool's win went some way to erasing the memory of their painful defeat at Sunderland earlier in the season when Rafael Benitez's side were beaten by a Darren Bent shot that controversially deflected in off a beach ball.
By then Darren Bent had already had an effort rightly ruled out for offside and, after conceding twice in 15 minutes against Wolves, it will be a source of concern to O'Neill that Villa - who have the Premier League's best defensive record - have suddenly assumed an uncharacteristic air of vulnerability.
Vindication by a jury would be especially sweet for Mr. Bent, whose reputation as an ultraconservative investor was battered by his fund's losses.
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