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In music, the change in tone-quality between different registers of voices and of wind instruments, a natural defect which may be more or less successfully corrected by technical means.



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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.
Daoud Kuttab recalls destruction of TV station, Al Quds University ... by Twair, Pat McDonnell / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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.
Appeals Court breaks strike, tenants must pay $250,000 by Real Estate Weekly
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