One example is in the surreal environment surrounding the Berlin signing of the Pact of Steel between Italy and Germany.
The pact of 2000 owed more to Nelson Mandela's patient mediation than to the Burundian elite's own desire for peace.
We are strangers in communion, and, once that pact of the intimate and the populous is snapped, the charm is gone.
Venezuelan democracy started in 1958 with a broad political agreement among the country's main democratic forces called the Pact of Punto Fijo.
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Mrs Yates said that the Lib-Lab pact of the 1970s was not as bad as it had been made out to be.
Insiders say Mr Osborne and Mr Cameron are bound by a pact of loyalty and friendship that no sensible minister would try to prise apart.
In 1915, Italy secretly signed the Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia which would put them on the side of the allies in World War I.
The book, titled In Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence, is the product of 10 years of research by German academics Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans.
Analysts believe that this has become more likely thanks to the Pact of Mexico, a deal signed by all three major political parties in December that outlines 95 mutual commitments, including changes in Pemex and the telecommunication sector.
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This has the potential to cause a tremendous dislocation in the medium term for the European if not global financial markets, but ultimately may be the only way a pact of monetary and fiscal union will work in Europe.
After the results of two devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales went against the now minority Labour government - the Lib-Lab pact of the previous year was well and truly over - the nationalists withdrew their support from Labour.
While it may not be what its authors claim it to be, many of the measures included in the pact are of value, such as raising the age at which workers are entitled to start claiming pension payments.
To many observers, the suspension of the pact was a triumph of pragmatism over procedure.
U.S. officials hope to conclude the partnership pact ahead of a May North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Chicago, where alliance leaders are expected to hash out an agreement to support Afghanistan for years to come.
"In 2011, the government at that time will determine whether it needs a new pact or not, and what type of pact will depend on the challenges it faces, " he said.
The Center for Security Policy today issued a critical appraisal of the priorities of the Group of Seven industrialized countries in placing the economic and financial needs of the Warsaw Pact countries increasingly ahead of those of the Latin American debtor nations in certain areas.
Whether either should have been at risk at all is another matter: Gordon Brown, Britain's finance minister, having beaten off commission criticism of his own spending plans, said there was growing support for a less mechanistic view of the stability pact, taking greater account of the economic cycle and of the levels of investment and public debt.
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"By arrogantly insisting on the most expensive scheme of all and crudely dismissing attempts by the Conservatives and others to suggest alternatives, the Lib-Lab pact stand accused of gross incompetence and an indecent disregard for the public finances, " he said.
In short, a purist interpretation of the pact will be displaced by the real world of political fudge.
As part of a pact between theaters and the Motion Picture Association of America, most trailers may not exceed two and a half minutes, with one exception a year made for each studio.
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The sponsors of the safety pact said they had met their goal of signing up enough retailers to cover 1, 000 of the roughly 5, 000 garment factories in Bangladesh and still expect more to sign on.
The trade pact is part of a deal between the U.S. and China as the Asian nation seeks to ease its way into the World Trade Organization.
Schorr says Volcker will pact 20% of Goldman trading revenue.
Ms Thorning-Schmidt seems intent on signing up to as much of the new fiscal pact as she can, short of undermining Denmark's opt-out or being forced to call a referendum.
As part of the pact, DirecTV will also carry Deportes, the Spanish-language sister channel of SportsNet.
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But a spokeswoman for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, one of Edwards' leading rivals in the Iowa contest, said the pact is a sign of weakness on Edwards' part.
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Turcotte said he encountered a similar lack of initiative among officials from former Warsaw Pact officials after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Proponents of the pact say it would lower prices for consumers and provide new markets for the strongest industries in each of the member countries.
In March 2010, Francisco Lotero and Mariam Coletti shot two of their children before killing themselves after making a suicide pact over fears about effects of global warming.
Diplomats from 194 countries finally agreed to begin the process of drafting a new pact that governs all countries via the same set of rules.
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