The man generally credited with introducing the first universal pension scheme is Otto von Bismarck.

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Originally released in 1941, The Wolf Man introduced the world to a new Universal movie monster and redefined the mythology of the werewolf forever.

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Here lay the universal truths about how the human mind worked and what man was.

ECONOMIST: Claude L��vi-Strauss

He loved that fragile, rare, extraordinary thing called life, and wanted man to keep blowing on the coals of the universal wilderness and mystery that surrounded him.

ECONOMIST: Ray Bradbury

The second, Gregory La Cava's "My Man Godfrey" (on a DVD from Universal), casts her as a spoiled rich girl brought up short by William Powell, whom she mistakes for a bum and attempts to rehabilitate.

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Universal also distributed two of the Best Picture Nominees: A Serious Man, through its Focus Features division, and Inglourious Basterds in a partnership with The Weinstein Company.

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This year marked an important step in the pursuit of our activities, with the 10th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, and the 40th anniversary of the Man and the Biosphere programme.

UNESCO: CULTURE