_____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.
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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