Regrettably, the persistence of some hegemonic powers in imposing their exclusionist policies on international decision making mechanisms, including the Security Council, has resulted in a growing mistrust in global public opinion, undermining the credibility and effectiveness of this most universal system of collective security.

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They will ask for 1 trillion euro investment into infrastructure -- less than half of the public money handed to the banks, according to estimates across Europe and the U.S. They will also ask for climate action, progressive taxation measures, a cessation of the attacks on collective bargaining and a universal social protection floor.

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Yet Gray's "Elegy" also rose above the ghetto of a genre, expressing universal ideas in lines that worked their way into collective memory.

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We think of it as the universal market, university and public square, but also the collective unconscious.

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There was universal recognition that given all the time kids were spending in front of the television, the nation had a collective responsibility to offer positive, educational programming with limited commercials.

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