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Asked whether Sharon's latest onslaught has broken the back of the Palestinians, or instead advanced their aspirations, Kuttab responded, "There are two schools of thought on this.
An Appellate Court ruling has broken the back of a two-year-old rent strike in an Upper East Side apartment building and enabled the property owner to recoup nearly $250,000 in back rent.
 
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