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...changed the way the game was played. He was the first to introduce the high, straight, towering ball flight that has come to characterize the modern game. Norman's combination of altitude and distance allowed him to be the first to move successfully from a golf ball made of Balata rubber to two- and three-piece synthetic balls that offered greater distance but less spin - a change as revolutionary to golf as metal racquets were to tennis...
...Politicizing the Playground,” oped, Apr. 20). I have just returned from a visit to Gaza and the West Bank where I was carrying out research on behalf of the UK’s Mental Health Foundation. I have been following the press of the Picture Balata tour with great interest as I had the pleasure of meeting one of the tour organisers in Balata refugee camp. My colleague, Elizabeth Porter and I were struck by the hospitality and warmth we found in Balata—and appalled at the living conditions there. We were woken every night...
...goals of the Picture Balata tour was to afford American audiences the rare opportunity to hear the unfiltered thoughts of three bright children from Balata refugee camp and see the photographic concepts that they themselves developed. We regret that Shai Bronshtein found these children’s reality too difficult to bear and instead of coming to terms with it, used his column space in the Harvard Crimson to deny these kids’ experiences and perpetuate myths...
...founder and head Boston organizer of Picture Balata, respectively, we would like to formally invite Mr. Bronshtein to the Balata camp, where he can have a chance to witness life in Balata for himself, as well as the nightly Israeli incursions...
...writers are founder and head Boston organizer of Picture Balata, respectively...