In a breakaway following a Bolton corner, Campbell found Bent in space on the left-hand side of the penalty area but he checked and his eventual shot bobbled harmlessly past the far post.

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The man bent, found a wallet in his coat, took out a folded sheet of paper, offered it.

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Soon after, on-loan Spurs defender Alan Hutton was found in space on the right by Jones but like Bent he delayed his shot and could ultimately only poke a tame effort past the post.

BBC: Sunderland 4-0 Bolton

He walks bent slightly forward at the waist, as if he found it awkward to have a body.

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Encouragingly, for those of a contrarian bent, the latest Merrill Lynch survey of global fund managers found that most investors are underweight in emerging-market shares at the moment.

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