He was seen as a resolute hardliner: able, certainly bending, never.
But now he says he's an Independent, and that's good enough for us (we certainly have bent this rule many times for Joe Lieberman).
And the Iranians certainly seem bent on moving forward with their program, which they publicly insist is for civilian purposes only, despite all the moves against them and despite offers of having nuclear fuel enriched for them.
After extensive research into printing methods, Harrogate design firm Do Not Bend has come up with a unique range of extraordinary digitally printed fabrics (£68 a metre) which certainly do bend.
If two-thirds of its governing council voted to stop ELA, that could trigger a chain of events resulting in capital controls and Greece being forced out of the euro: an outcome that everyone claims to want to avoid.The ECB, says a euro-zone insider, is thoroughly sick of Greece, and will certainly not bend the rules to accommodate it.
Certainly, some demonstrators were bent on aggro but, then again, so were some of the officers on Queen Victoria Street.
HIS hair is thinner, though still tinted red, and his posture is slightly bent, but certainly not bowed.
This thumb, a solid piece of bone on the outside of the hand that can wiggle but not bend, certainly seems useful.
In the old days, I was always trying, but now, today, I'm going, "I was a very lucky guy there, I just kind of happened to have my own stamp," and I certainly refuse to bend too much, that's when I got kicked out of bands all the time.
"I see him, I get up and put my hand out, he comes directly towards me, bent down, he says, 'Certainly, young fellow,' shakes my hand," he said.
