After a false start by Britain's Marlon Devonish, Bolt surged round the bend before easing down at the finish.

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The chance meeting ("We were babies and just about to go into the world, " Still says) is the subject of "Round the Bend, " a song from Man Alive!

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Several colleagues thought he had gone round the bend again.

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Big black train comin' 'round the bend.

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In China, try rafting round the Great Bend of the Yangtze--almost twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.

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American Sanya Richards struggled round the top bend in the women's 400m, before battling through to win in 49.95 seconds, with British duo Nicola Sanders and Christine Ohuruogu fourth and sixth respectively.

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Ruby Walsh kicked for home on Fionnegas round the final bend but O'Connell was motionless as he drew alongside and cruised home to win by two and a half lengths.

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But this image is shattered as they round a bend and the shell of a building gutted by American bombing comes into view.

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They say that the Fed sees housing rolling over, the banks taking another round of body blows and the next Lehman-like meltdown somewhere around the bend.

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Mira has developed software that acts as a "co-pilot" which, with the help of a digital map, knows what speed they should be travelling to make it round a bend.

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