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Recent Examples of concordatThe concordat system was abolished.—Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021 Pope Pius VII signed a concordat with Napoleon (whose troops controlled Rome) and traveled to Paris for his coronation as emperor in 1804.—Paul Elie, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022 One poll showed that 78% of respondents across France supported abrogation of the 1801 concordat in Alsace-Moselle.—Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 22 June 2021 After the fall of communism in 1989, Poland signed several concordats to hand back communal lands that had been seized, including one with the Jewish community, which lodged more than 5,000 claims.—Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019 Since the concordat was launched, public support for animal research has stabilized in the United Kingdom, although showing cause and effect is difficult.—Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
The study authors suggest their findings could be helpful to the United Nations’ Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty to protect humans and the environment from the negative effects of the metal.
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Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Trump threatened earlier this year to levy additional tariffs against Mexico after the country missed the deadline to send over water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande River, stipulated by a 1944 treaty.
The leaders signed new pacts covering railways, trade, security, and technology, including plans for a Kenyan consulate in Guangzhou.
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Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
The company also struck a new distribution pact with DirecTV and expanded its portfolio of sports rights, securing the rights to broadcast the Olympics in Mexico through 2032.
The faculty senate of Rutgers University began the initiative, passing a resolution April 6 to establish the compact among the Big Ten’s 18 universities.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
Vanity cases have long been among the orders for the house’s legendary trunks, and in the 1920s Louis Vuitton added a collection of compacts, brushes and mirrors to its offerings.
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Laurie Brookins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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