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In the 1990s the circuit's use was limited to motorcycle racing and French national racing, most notably until 1999, the Bol d ' or motorcycle endurance race.
An important school of watercolor painting in Germany was led by Hans Bol ( 1534 – 1593 ) as part of the Dürer Renaissance.
Film Director Ad Bol was born and raised here.
Manute Bol (; October 16, 1962 – June 19, 2010 ) was a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist.
At tall, Bol was one of the tallest players ever to appear in the National Basketball Association, along with Gheorghe Mureşan.
Bol was officially measured at 7 feet, 6 inches tall by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Bol came from a family of extraordinarily tall men and women: " My mother was, my father and my sister is ", he said.
Five years later, Cleveland State was placed on two years ' probation for providing improper financial assistance to Bol and two other African players.
In 1985 Bol was drafted in the second round by the Washington Bullets.
It was his first season in Golden State that Bol first attempted to shoot three pointers with regularity.
Fans were known to yell out " shoot " as soon as Bol touched the ball when he was far from the basket.
That night, however, served as a " blast from the past " as Bol was back to shooting three-pointers like he did in the late 1980s.
In that game, Bol connected on all three of the three pointers that he took ( each was shot several steps beyond the three point line ).
Seven nights later in Charlotte, on a game that was nationally televised by TNT, Bol was in the starting line-up again.
With his great height and very long limbs, Bol was one of the league's most imposing defensive presences, blocking shots at an unprecedented rate.
Bol was also the " Brand Ambassador " for Ethiopian Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines Journeys.
The memorial service for Manute Bol was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at 10: 00 a. m. at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. Bol's body lay in an eight-foot-long, specially built casket.
Bol was given tributes by United States Senator Sam Brownback from Kansas, Former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, Sudan's Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Akec Khoc Acieu, Bol's Uncle, Mr. Bol Bol Choi, and Vice President of the National Basketball Association Rory Sparrow.
He was also the 1900 world velodrome champion and won the Bol d ' Or four times.
The main differences between the fangzhi and the tujing was that the former was a product of " local initiative, not a central command " according to Peter K. Bol, and were usually ten, twenty, or even fifty chapters in length compared to the average four chapters for map guides.

Bol and drafted
Two years later Bol was drafted again by the NBA this time out of Division II University of Bridgeport in 1985 as the 31st pick overall in the second round.

Bol and by
The most infamous of these is a quest given by the Daedric Prince Boethiah where the Dragonborn must sacrifice one of his or her followers in order to progress further into the quest and the Daedric Prince Molag Bol requires the player to sacrifice a corrupt priest by murdering him with a rusted mace once he is caught in one of Molag Bol's traps.
Khan began by learning to play tabla alongside his father before progressing to learn Raag Vidya and Bol Bandish.
There are also several paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder ( Velvet period ), Frans Snyders ( for example, " The Fish Market "), Gerard Terborch, Paulus Potter, Jan Van Goyen, Ferdinand Bol and Gerard van Honthorst.
Bol is survived by 10 children, including four with his second wife, Ajok.
It also has paintings by these European painters: Nardo di Cione, Francesco Botticini, Jan Swart Van Groningen, Ferdinand Bol, Jan Goyen, Hendrick Van Vliet, Franz Von Lenbach (" Bavarian Girl "), Ferdinand Waldmüller (" Interruption "), Carl Spitzweg, Christian Bokelman (" Broken Bank "), Bougereau, Gerome (" 2 Majesties "), Claude Monet (" Waterloo Bridge, Sunset Effect "), Gustave Caillebotte, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Kowalski (" Winter in Russia "), Jules Bastien-Lepage's " The Wood Gatherer ", and Max Pechstein.
* Bol ( film ), a Pakistani film directed by Shoaib Mansoor
During this season, the Skyforce games versus the Florida Beach Dogs were covered by ESPN as Florida featured former NBA center Manute Bol, and ESPN could not resist the novelty of Darryl Dawkins versus Manute Bol.
Paintings inside include works by Govert Flinck ( who died before finishing a cycle of twelve huge canvases ), Jacob Jordaens, Jan Lievens and Ferdinand Bol.
One of the first foreign players selected in the draft to play in the NBA was Manute Bol out of the Sudan in 1983 in the 5th round by the San Diego Clippers.
Further work from the 1930s onwards was carried out by J. Kanitani, Shiing-Shen Chern, A. P. Norden, G. Bol, S. P. Finikov and G. F. Laptev.
The Bolex company was initially founded by Jacques Bogopolsky ( a. k. a. Jacques Bolsey or Bolsky ) in 1927 under the name of Bol.
In the 1990s he continued to appear in hits like Henna ( 1991 ) which was his father's last directorial film later completed by his brother Randhir, Bol Radha Bol ( 1992 ), Deewana ( 1992 ) and Damini-Lightning ( 1993 ).

Bol and Clippers
Manute Bol was selected in the 5th round by the Clippers, but the NBA rejected the pick on technicalities.

Bol and round
* In 2002 he lost in the third round to former NBA basketball player Manute Bol in a charity boxing match on the Fox Network's Celebrity Boxing program.
Following this she attempted to qualify for the tier III, Croatian Bol Ladies Open where she was beaten in round one of the qualifying draw.

Bol and NBA
Bol, who wore a No 1 Jersey, ( he had worn No 10 with the Bullets and earlier stint with the Warriors and No 11 with the Sixers ) made the season opening roster and played in what would be his five final NBA games.
( It is known that Bol chose the # 1 jersey to establish himself as the most dominant rebounder and shot-blocker in the NBA ).
However, after playing in only ten minutes against the Hornets on November 22, 1994, Bol suffered what proved to be a career-ending injury, and never played in the NBA again.
Along with setting the rookie shot blocking record in 1985-86, over the course of his career Bol tied for the NBA record for the most blocked shots in one half ( eleven ) and in one quarter ( eight, twice ).
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At 7 ft 7 in ( 2. 31 m ), he is one of the tallest players in NBA history, along with Sudanese player Manute Bol, who was also 7 ft 7 in.
The tallest players to ever play in the NBA, at 7 ' 7 " ( 2. 31 m ), are centers Gheorghe Mureşan and Manute Bol.
The book, intended largely to be a humorous recollection of Williams's life in the NBA, was later cited as containing nine separate anecdotes involving his tendency to play with guns, including one where football player Wayne Chrebet is nearly shot and one where the uncle of Manute Bol is threatened playfully with an unloaded handgun.
Upon his death in 2010, NBA basketball star Manute Bol was buried in the Warrap state in his hometown of Turalei.
* Manute Bol, former NBA player, one of the two tallest players in the league's history
In 1988-89, he averaged 10. 3 rebounds per game ( seventh in the NBA ) and 3. 84 blocks per game ( second behind Golden State's Manute Bol ).

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