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  • When Catie Coyle, a 23-year-old social worker in Greenville, was told by her boyfriend that they were invited to Mr. Bannister's roast, she was "completely and utterly appalled," she says.

    Wholly Cow! A Few Brave Grillers Go 'Nose-to-Tail' Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • Lord Archer donated a treasure of his own – a stopwatch which timed Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile.

    Lady Thatcher's handbag fetches £25,000 at charity auction 2011

  • A group of local businessmen shared the costs and labor of Mr. Bannister's roast—christened "Bovinova 2011"—and a 69-member Facebook group shared tips, such as how to make three gallons of horseradish sauce.

    Wholly Cow! A Few Brave Grillers Go 'Nose-to-Tail' Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • Lord Archer donated a treasure of his own – a stopwatch which timed Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile.

    Lady Thatcher's handbag fetches £25,000 at charity auction 2011

  • Bannister's abbreviated outing barely kept the Reds from sweeping the two worst categories.

    Fantasy awards: Surprise stars, crossovers and Manny the MVP 2008

  • Gleason reluctantly agrees and they go inside Bannister's house - where the "old man" pulls out a gun and informs the Great One that he's being kidnapped for a million dollar ransom to be paid by CBS!

    Archive 2009-01-18 Toby O'B 2009

  • By contrast, Bannister's achievement endures as an epic triumph -- even over the fog of a half century, even though the mile is seldom competed today on the world stage, even here in a country where track and field is virtually moribund except as an Olympic phenomenon.

    Starr Gazing: On Athletes And Heroes 2008

  • Once a thief / Kay Hooper —It had taken centuries for Max Bannister's family to acquire their treasures, and now he's been asked to risk his collection as bait for a master criminal.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • Once a thief / Kay Hooper —It had taken centuries for Max Bannister's family to acquire their treasures, and now he's been asked to risk his collection as bait for a master criminal.

    3/25: New at the library this week 2006

  • Similarly, Bannister's shoes were made of leather.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

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