Babel raises the question of the universal-language instinct.

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The universal nature of these rights and freedoms is beyond question.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

The notion that universal banks are worse for shareholders than other banks is also open to question.

ECONOMIST: Banking reform

Though the AP Stylebook is primarily used in the US, the question of what words can be used in which ways is a universal one.

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Now, whether we do it exactly the way European countries do or Canada does is a different question, because there are a variety of ways to get to universal health care coverage.

WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall

Running alongside this near-universal consensus on Iran's nuclear intentions was a commensurately broad agreement on the question of how the regime could best be stopped from realizing those intentions.

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Now, the question is, if you're going to fix it, why not do a universal health care system like the European countries?

WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall

And it is interesting that, for him, the fundamental question is whether it is possible to have an effective single code of conduct for a universal bank like Barclays, when the motivations and instincts of investment banking traders and branch managers are so different.

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