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Q: Matt Damon  has apologized for  his  comments about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement  which drew a slew of well-deserved controversy when  he  waded into the debate last month.
âI really wish Iâd listened a lot more before I weighed in on this â  Damon  admitted during an interview on TODAY. âI donât want to further anybodyâs pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry. A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what theyâre doing and want to be a part of that change...but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.â
During an ABC News interview in December   Damon  pointed out that sexual misconduct encompasses "a spectrum of behavior " and made the revolutionary observation that there is "a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation."
While  he  acknowledged that both types of behavior "need to be confronted and eradicated without question  they shouldn't be conflated." In a separate interview with Business Insider   Damon  also noted "one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole shitload of guysâthe preponderance of men I've worked withâwho don't do this kind of thing and whose lives aren't going to be affected." Because our real priority here should be celebrating the brave men who manage not to sexually abuse women.
Following  Damon 's comments  a number of peopleâincluding  Damon 's former co-star and ex-girlfriend Minnie Driverâsharply criticized  him  for failing to recognize that even "minor" incidents of harassment are symptomatic of a much bigger problem. "It's the micro that makes the macro " actress Alyssa Milano wrote in an open letter to Damon on Twitter. "I have been a victim of each component of the sexual assault spectrum of which you speak. They all hurt. And they are all connected to a patriarchy intertwined with normalized  acceptedâeven welcomedâmisogyny."

A: Matt Damon
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Q: CLOSE On Saturday   Roger Bannister   the first man to run a sub four-minute mile  died at age 88. Time
 Roger Bannister  breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes  59.4 seconds on May 6  1954. (Photo: Getty Images  Getty Images)
LONDON â  Roger Bannister   the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile  has died.  He  was 88.
 Bannister âs family said in a statement that  he  died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford  the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Helped by two pacemakers   Bannister  clocked 3 minutes  59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxfordâs Iffley Road track on May 6  1954  to break the 4-minute mile â a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
âItâs amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile â  Bannister  said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
âIt became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible â  Bannister  said as  he  approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. âIâd like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport  but for life and seeking challenges.â
 He  might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters  known as the metric mile  in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport   he  decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
âAs it became clear that somebody was going to do it  I felt that I would prefer it to be me â  Bannister  told the AP.
 He  also wanted to deliver something special for  his  country.
âI thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this â  Bannister  said. âThere was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before  Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953  I broke the British record  but not the 4-minute mile  and so everything was ready in 1954.â
 His  chance finally came on a wet  cool  blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When  Bannister  looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church   he  feared  he  would have to call off the record attempt. But  shortly before 6 p.m.  the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track  they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds  then 60.7 â 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway  a distance specialist  paced a third lap of 62.3 â 3:00.4.  Bannister  would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go   Bannister  surged past Chataway   his  long arms and legs pumping and  his  lungs gasping for oxygen.
âThe world seemed to stand still  or did not exist â  he  wrote in  his  book  âThe First Four Minutes.â

A: Roger Bannister
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Q: On Tuesday  the chief of the National Security Agency  Admiral Michael Rogers  said a ânation-stateââmeaning Russiaâhad intervened in the 2016 elections âto achieve a specific effect.â He was referring to the hacking of Democratic targets and the release of the stolen information via WikiLeaks. And on Wednesday  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for a congressional investigation of Russian meddling in the campaign. On Thursday  the call for a Capitol Hill inquiry gathered momentum  with  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)   the ranking Democrat on the House government oversight committee  publicly urging the committeeâs chairman  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)  to launch such a probe.
In a letter sent to Chaffetz and released publicly   Cummings  noted that  he  and Chaffetz had discussed opening such an investigation on Wednesday and that Chaffetz had told  him   he  was âopen to considering such an investigationâ but wanted  Cummings  to âshow the evidenceâ that Russia had tried to influence the election.  Cummings  did so in this letter  citing Rogersâ statement.  Cummings  also pointed to a statement issued on October 7 by the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security  which said  âThe U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions  including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowâthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia  for example  to influence public opinion there. We believe  based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts  that only Russiaâs senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.â
 Cummings  also noted that House Speaker Paul Ryan has said  âRussia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election.â
In his letter to Chaffetz   Cummings  contended that this investigation should be a bipartisan endeavor to ensure the security of American democracy:
 Cummings  proposed that the oversight committee immediately request âa classified briefing from the Intelligence Communityâ and start âa robust investigation designed to identify specific recommendations for actions that our country can take to respond to these attacks and safeguard against similar attacks in the future.â
Here âs Cummings â full letter:

A:
Elijah Cummings
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