English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
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a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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Banister \Ban"is*ter\, n. [A corruption of baluster.] 1. A baluster.
2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [Also spelled {bannister}.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. --Sir W. Scott.
bannister \bannister\ n. same as {banister}. [WordNet 1.5]
Their Lordships agreed. For Mr Nixon: Edward Bannister QC (Jude Sykes & Harrison). For the Official Receiver: Philip Heslop QC and Jonathan Crow (Treasury Solicitor).
"I've never seen crowds like this at an opening," center spokeswoman Amy Bannister said.
Mr. Sharkey, who couldn't be reached, was close to ousted Saatchi executives Roy Warman and Terry Bannister, who until earlier this month were joint chief executives of Saatchi's ad division.
Witnesses said they heard a child screaming inside the house. Mike Bannister, who lives in the complex, said he restrained Mrs. Potter as she tried to return inside the building.
Also indicted but not in custody were are financier Robert Vesco, who lives in Cuba, and Everette Bannister, an associate of Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling.
Bannister, who lives in Nassau, is charged with receiving bribes to allow the cartel to use islands just off Florida as a way station for drug shipments.
Others indicted but not present are financier Robert Vesco, who lives in Cuba, and Everette Bannister, an associate of Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling.
Two weeks ago, the new chief executive fired Roy Warman and Terry Bannister, who had served as joint chief executives of the company's advertising operations.
In San Francisco, Ms. Frankfurt, who has handled many cancer cases, cites just a couple: John Bannister was a gardener for San Francisco's Parks and Recreation Department for more than a year.
Bannister's telephone in Nassau was busy during repeated calls from The Associated Press.
Gorman Bannister said that his father, who had access to police intelligence information, also had warned Lehder about impending raids on Norman's Cay.
Mr. Bannister is the son and former business partner of Everette Bannister, a lifelong friend of Mr. Pindling known on the islands as a political fixer.
Mr. Bannister is the son and former business partner of Everette Bannister, a lifelong friend of Mr. Pindling known on the islands as a political fixer.
"My father said he made a deal with Carlos to get $100,000 a month to make Norman's Cay operational," Bannister testified in February 1988, referring to Lehder's island trans-shipment point in the Bahamas, 40 miles from Nassau.
Attorney Bill Bannister, who represents Piedmont Quilting, did not return calls to his office Friday.