The theory sounds simple, but the practice is complicated: islands, rocks, historic sovereignty and natural resources can bend the line.

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With China, analysts believe the country's official response to South Korea's launch will be more muted but that North Korea will pressure Beijing to bend to its own line.

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The 24-year-old Okoro, so impressive in the winter's indoor meets, burst into the lead but after tiring on the last bend she collapsed on the line, with Meadows finishing in fourth and Russian Mariya Savinova taking gold in 1:58.10 minutes.

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Transmissions in the millimeter band are typically used in line-of-sight applications because they do not bend or reflect well.

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The bottom line is that no one knows for sure if health reform will "bend the curve" of increasing medical spending.

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Instead walk to the Line K entrance, wait for an empty car to slowly inch around the terminus bend and step on.

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