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...resigned because President Summers didn’t leave, and obviously the two of them together was not a situation that could continue,” Peter K. Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations said...
...Bol said Summers’ “bad-mouthing [of] the dean in private conversations with the faculty” contributed to Kirby’s departure...
...YORK—There was an uneasiness despite the festive atmosphere, a subtle tinge of doubt and disjunction to it all. You could sense their apprehension: a bit lost, a bit confused. The random arrivals of a pre-car accident Manute Bol (God bless him) and a pre-nothing Shawn Bradley certainly didn’t help. Yet as the cameras turned on and tape began to roll, the 2004 NBA Draft unfolded at Madison Square Garden just like always...
...even Bol and Bradley’s combined 15 feet of sheer, gangly humanity could fill the void for the rest of us, it seemed. I considered chanting “Rufio, Rufio” a la the movie Hook but that plan foolishly fell by the wayside. There was the always good “TIMMERMANS” chant (see Part One of this NBA Draft diary) to fall back on, but that was too obscure for anyone else to get. We were at a loss, and the quiet was disheartening...
INJURED. MANUTE BOL, 41, 7-ft. 7-in. former NBA center who in 1984 left his Sudanese tribe to play ball in the U.S. and went on to block more shots per minute than anyone else in league history during 11 seasons with four teams; when the taxi in which he was riding hit a guardrail and swerved across two lanes before hitting a rock ledge and rolling over, killing the driver and throwing Bol from the car; in Colchester, Conn. He sustained a serious head injury...