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Obituary:  Running great Roger Bannister, the first person to run the mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88.

Bannister's time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds captured the world's imagination and buoyed the spirits of Britons still suffering through post-war austerity.
"It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile," Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
Bannister followed up his 4-minute milestone a few months later by beating Australia's John Landy in the "Miracle Mile" or "Mile of the Century" at the Empire Games in Vancouver, British Columbia with both men going under 4 minutes. Bannister regarded that as his greatest race because it came in a competitive championship against his fiercest rival.
While he will forever be remembered for his running, Bannister considered his long medical career in neurology as his life's greatest accomplishment.
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Cheating should be banned in sports, and I don't care what the athletes "identify" as.  It is still wrong.
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Men on the so-called left aren't immune to committing sexual harassment.
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This is a direct result of pensions being done away with for most people in private sector work.

This is my situation right now.  I cannot afford to retire and will have to work until well into my seventies.  I will not work private sector work but stay in public employment.  Eventually I hope to get to work full time for a few years just to boost up that pension.

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The Florida white supremacist teacher, or I should say "alleged" white supremacist teacher, has been removed from her classroom.

No doubt her contract will be terminated.  Florida teachers do not have "tenure."
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