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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Warsaw Pact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Warsaw Pact continued through most of the Cold War era, came to an end on March 31, 1991, and was officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague on July 1, 1991.
		Warsaw Pact forces were utilised at times, such as during the 1968 Prague Spring, when they invaded Czechoslovakia to put down the reform movement that were being led by Alexander Dubček's government.
		The pact was officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague on July 1st, 1991.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Warsaw_Pact (902 words)

	Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lebanon's unwritten National Pact of 1943 required that its president be a Christian and its prime minister be a Muslim.
		The pact included a promise by the Christians not to seek French protection and to accept Lebanon's "Arab face", and a Muslim promise to recognize independence and legitimacy of the Lebanese state in its 1920 boundaries and to renounce aspirations for union with Syria.
		The pact also stipulated that seats in the Parliament would be allocated by religion and region, in a ratio of 6 Christians to 5 Muslims, a ratio based on the 1932 census, which was taken at a time when Christians still had a slight majority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanon (6986 words)

	Action Pact - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both George and Joe were 15 years old and still attending school, at the time the "Heathrow Touchdown" EP came out in October, 1981.
		The 2 tracks, London Bouncers and All Purpose Action Footwear, got the attention of Radio 1 DJ John Peel.
		The reponse was sufficient enough to make it on Fall Out Records, which made it their first signings and their debut release "Suicide Bag"EP which was labeled on July 1982, which rocketed to the top of the Punk charts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Action_Pact (306 words)

	Sloan: Action Pact - PopMatters Music Review
		Action Pact is riff-heavy, with rhythm guitars constantly dueling it out with the beat against the backdrop of steady bass.
		What most distinguishes Action Pact from its predecessors is that, while bassist Chris Murphy and guitarists Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson take turns on songwriting and corresponding lead vocal duties (drummer Andrew Scott took a vacation from these duties to raise a newborn), the album sounds remarkably consistent from beginning to end.
		Action Pact marks a departure for Sloan both in producer [not their good friend Brenndan McGuire] and production: on this album, individual sounds and instruments do enjoy neither sonic distinction nor clarity.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/sloan-actionpact.shtml (744 words)

	Pretty Together - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pretty Together is the sixth album by Canadian rock group Sloan.
		It was released on Murderecords in 2001, and is often seen as the band's most mature album.
		While it still has the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1990s influences of Between the Bridges, it is more melancholy with fewer of the upbeat songs found on previous albums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pretty_Together (186 words)

	Review: Sloan - Action Pact - Film Junk
		With this, their 7th full length album, they’ve settled into that predictable groove that canonly be reached by bands that are in it for the long haul.
		Action Pact is, for the most part, a middle of the road rock record.
		The album’s best songs are probably the power pop moments of “False Alarm” (an unexpected one from Jay Ferguson) and “I Was Wrong” (Patrick’s always got a few of these up his sleeve), which sound more like Guided By Voices or some other vaguely familiar indie rock band than Sloan.
	www.spacejunk.org /2003/08/26/sloan-action-pact (698 words)

	erasing clouds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was around Sloan's third album One Chord to Another when they started having these iconic-looking photos of themselves on their album covers, photos that made them look like proper Rock Stars.
		It was around that same time that their albums shifted into classic-rock mode, when the group took their British-Invasion style melodic pop-rock songs and beefed them up with extra-thick guitars and a "we're gonna rock you off your ass until you can't stand up" attitude.
		Action Pact is no great leap forward, but it is a splendid rock album that you can turn up and sing along to without feeling like an idiot.
	www.erasingclouds.com /0924sloan.html (353 words)

	Sloan: Action Pact - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Action Pact" expands upon Sloan's muscular leanings, due primarily to the band's decision to hire a producer for the first time in its history.
		Nonetheless, "Action Pact" is a streamlined album, recorded with minimal overdubs (read: no keyboards), which opens in the classic Sloan one-two punch with "Gimme That" and "Live On" by songwriters Chris Murphy and Patrick Pentland, respectively.
		"Action Pact" is another step ahead for Sloan, which is an achievement they should be proud of considering the superb quality they've shown for the better part of a decade.
	www.yourmusic.com /browse/album/58239.html (463 words)

	Action Pact Music
		This album was one of the best discoveries I've made in recent years.
		I do not understand all the reviewers who were disappointed by this album compared to their earlier work.
		I've been spoiled by Sloan and their virtuosity on their earlier albums, with different sounds and experimentations, while still incorporating their terrific knack for writing melodic and memorable tunes.
	www.supermantv.net /B0001Z4PFU/Action_Pact.html (415 words)

	Music
		Thankfully, Action Pact is back to their fun, catchy songs.
		This is the perfect album to listen to on your way to watching the "The School of Rock" -- and on the way back.
		Note that this is basically a US release of their previous album released overseas with a couple song swaps.
	homepage.mac.com /cspez/blog/C968019620 (487 words)

	Hour.ca - Music - Spin - Action Pact - Sloan
		Though it's been some time since I've called myself a Sloan "fan" (far too many identical, retro riff-rock albums over the last several years for my decidedly non-'70s-arena-rock tastes), the Halifax four-piece are still, somewhat incredibly, on a slow march toward the kingship of Canadian rock.
		This album will probably be there hardest sell, considering there is nothing distinct on it, to separate them from the legions of similar bands, saturating the market.
		Album is okay as most most songs by them, but nothing to put you over the edge...
	www.hour.ca /music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=1451 (499 words)

	Sloan - Action Pact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Now, we`ve read a bit about this one from Sloan fans....it being their rawk album or Sloan Cloan Again, that sort of thing.
		And every one of those songs is brimming with catchy choruses, crunchy guitars, bittersweet melodies, stacks o`harmony and enough hooks to outfit an art gallery.
		Action Pact, their seventh studio album in a decade, follows the recipe like an anal-retentive chef.
	www.notlame.com /rss/CDSLOA6.xml (288 words)

	Amazon.com: Action Pact: Music: Sloan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Whether this album warrants purchase can be decided from the second song: The lyrics are, "You know you're wrong," the excess is converted into cowbell, and the guitar snaps into a deceptively simple circle that can accumulate a few brief moments of melancholy amidst the glee.
		While clearly embracing the emotive rush of youth, Action Pact is made by adults who like to rock.
		Action Pact has all the flash, fancy guitar work, and thrilling harmony you'd expect from Sloan.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B17RD?v=glance (1624 words)

	Amazon.com: Action Pact: Music: Sloan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Not to say that the album isn't strong, obviously Sloan is a great band, especially live, but I feel like they are capable of so much more.
		Action pact is just that, but it lacks the quality songwriting that came before in the land of Sloan.
		This album, in particular, is for fans of the White Stripes, Cheap Trick, and The Who.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001Z4PFU?v=glance (1064 words)

	Auralgasms Artist - Sloan - Bio
		Sloan's new album, Action Pact, is very much a Sloan record -- in that it sounds nothing like its predecessor.
		You've heard Pretty Together -- Action Pact is Totally Together, a record that reins in the open-ended experimentation of past albums into a tightly wound, fiercely focused, breathlessly relentless set of riff-o-ramic rock 'n' roll wherein the band's inner Paul Stanley and Paul McCartney come together in perfect harmony.
		The resultant record speaks to the wham-bam-fuck-you-man approach : 12 songs in 39 minutes that are so incessant in their ass-kicking, you barely notice one important little anomaly - Action Pact is the first Sloan record without any writing or singing contributions from Andrew Scott.
	www.auralgasms.com /frameArtistBio.aspx?BandID=sloan (1186 words)

	Action Pact by Sloan CD
		Magnet (2/04, p.110) - "ACTION PACT is a near-flawless collection of airtight harmonies and slick, massive hooks that may be the quartet's most solid release." CMJ (p.6) - "ACTION PACT most definitely packs quite a punch when it comes to pop.
		If the brilliant rock of this album doesn’t elevate Sloan to somewhere near the global appeal of better known bands like Oasis, then the whole music-industry-monolith needs irradiation.
		If you are a fan or completely new to Sloan this album is a great chunk of power pop.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6710034/a/Action+Pact.htm (348 words)

	Action Pact Music
		The songs are irreproachably written and rhapsodically performed, and yet they remain incarcerated within the shackles of influence.
		This irritation was compounded when I sat down and listened to the album.
		This is not a bad album, for most bands it would be a solid effort, but I expect more from Sloan.
	www.supermantv.net /B0000B17RD/Action_Pact.html (508 words)

	Sloan \| The Official Band Site
		They carry all of Sloan's albums all the way back to the Peppermint EP.
		While I won't be able to confirm the number of tracks until we finish the master next week, there are 30 new songs mixed and being considered for the disc.
		The album is due out this September in Canada and shortly thereafter around the world.
	www.sloanmusic.com (284 words)

	Sloan: Action Pact Aversion.com Review
		After 13 years as a band, Action Pact, its seventh full-length, essentially does everything the trio?s done since Navy Blues (1998, Murder Records), namely busting up Beatlesque power pop with dashes of arena-ready mid-?70s rock and a touch of the indie-band spirit.
		For anyone reared on rock radio, Action Pact is a pretty schnazzy record, as Sloan?s obviously done its homework and makes no bones about proudly placing its influences on its sleeve.
		On Action Pact, more than any other Sloan disc, the band isn?t laying itself on the line as much as perfecting its blend of rock masters.
	www.aversion.com /bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=1611 (466 words)

	Tiny Mix Tapes
		All of my children were born shortly after each album release since 1996, meaning that I was grateful to share my joyful moments with the band.
		Sloan’s Action Pact is their sixth original full-length album since 1992.
		You will love it or hate it and those are the only two options that Sloan wants you to have when you listen to the album.
	www.tinymixtapes.com /musicreviews/s/sloan.htm (482 words)

	Vostok 1
		It is recommended that each IP tracking station should have a Chief Communications Officer, a cosmonaut to act as capsule communicator, a physician, and a representative from the Ministry of Communications to assure action on problems.
		Afterwards, Kamanin meets with Ustinov at 18:30 and shows him a picture album of photographs taken from Vostok on the March 9 and 25 test flights.
		However only Khrunov and Komarov are interviewed before an urgent phone call is received from the General Staff: report at 13:00 with Gagarin, Titov, and Nelyubov, then proceed to a Communist Party meeting at 15:00 for the first flight decision.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/vostok1.htm (7396 words)

	Soul Shine Magazine : Sloan Was Action Pact at Koolhaus
		We all know and love Sloan for putting Canada at the top of the charts, but few know of their humble beginnings.
		They played to many empty pubs until they hit Vancouver, where they began to catch the eye of the local scene.
		Sloan has since released more than six CD's – the latest "Action Pact" was released this past summer.
	www.soulshine.ca /reviews/liveReview.php?lrid=17 (239 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Sloan Album Review: ACTION PACT
		Every album has about a dozen tracks of impressively smart, genuinely pretty power-pop.
		The disc will surely be followed a small-venue national tour, a couple of videos you see on Much for a few weeks and much debate about why these guys can't seem to catch a break in the States.
		Then everyone will forget about Sloan for another two years, until they come out with their next soundalike album.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/S/Sloan/AlbumReviews/2003/08/18/771873.html (324 words)

	Music Phase.com - Album Review for Sloan CD ' Action Pact ' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I have this problem where I almost always like a band old album.
		Regardless I am thoroughly enjoying “Action Pact” one of my favorite songs being “I Was Wrong”.
		The album is a good 40 min of mellow rock prefect for getting me through my homework, or just relaxing to.
	www.musicphase.com /cdrev/sloanaction.shtml (131 words)

	Conclusion
		More than 47,000 Americans were killed in action, nearly 11,000 died of other causes, and more than 303,000 were wounded in the war.
		Nixon had demonstrated through his actions that he believed the practice of smuggling narcotics was wrong.
		A pact was apparently made between Israeli planners, US generals, and elements of organized crime stipulating that America would wage a war against Afghanistan in retaliation for the self-inflicted September 11
	www.jfkmontreal.com /conclusion.htm (11107 words)

	Review: Sloan \| Action Pact (Vik Recordings/BMG) by Matt Dornan
		Produced by Tim Rothrock (Elliott Smith, Beck, Badly Drawn Boy), this is the most straight-ahead rock album from the Canadian quartet since their 1992 debut, ‘Smeared’.
		Similarities end there, however; ‘Action Pact’ is no return to the Sloan of old, MBV-meets-grunge template.
		Instead embellishment is kept to a minimum and the upbeat, guitar-heavy songs come to the fore, exemplified by the opening brace of Gimme That and Live On.
	cwas.hinah.com /review?id=727 (304 words)

	Alberta Music Scene :: View topic - Upcoming SLOAN Album preview - "Action Pact"
		Some guy had downloaded the songs that he could off of Kazaa - they just had the first minute or so of each, but enough to get an idea.
		And I also can't wait to get the album on August 18th.
		Here is their first single that they are releasing.
	www.albertamusicscene.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=149 (364 words)

	Sloan - Action Pact - Review - Stylus Magazine
		They put out what is possibly their most consistent album since 1994's Twice Removed and I can barely even be bothered to write about it.
		Unless you're Canadian or a power pop enthusiast...hold on a sec, I have to slap myself for using the term power pop.
		The new album turns the amps back up while maintaining the renewed belief that people who don't actively seek the past might be listening (though baffling rawk filler like "Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore" can only be explained as a shout-out to canuck acts like LeRoux who sprung up in the wake of Loverboy).
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=2158 (413 words)

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