Bryant Park Frame Color:Unframed Bannister Runs Mile in World

Bannister Runs Mile in World Record Time of 3:59

Mark Twain's "teachings" were met with such volleys of laughter that the man who never grows old could hardly find intervals in which to deliver is precepts

Piece together the headlines

The photo was taken by Sam Falk (1901-1991)

Last night there was none of that

Bryant Park Frame Color:Unframed Bannister Runs Mile in WorldAs temperatures hovered around record highs for April, hundreds of New Yorkers spent their lunch hour getting a tan on the lush green grass of Bryant Park. Times staff photographer Vincent Laforet took the image on April 16, 2002, from atop a nearby building. The next day, the photo was atop the front page of The Times, where it was reported "the modes of undress ranged from jacketless businessmen to the shirtless, shoeless and sockless."