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It's almost universal that all glaciers are retreating. The signs of retreat are dramatic and accelerating.

It's also kind of a tribute to the era of that universal road trip that everybody took.

It makes you realize drugs aren't just done by bad guys and sleazebags; it's a universal disease.

It's my interpretation that all electronics are universal waste. Every single device DTSC has tested has been found to be a hazard.

Everybody has a cell phone. It's kind of a universal technology.

Every now and then, people will recognize me at restaurants or Universal Studios or something. I'll always take a picture with them if they want. I mean, that's what telling stories and acting for a living are for - for the people.

The blazing speed of our new machines provides a significant performance boost to all Universal applications running natively. We're delighted that Mark/Space will continue to deliver outstanding Palm support for Mac users with a Universal version of their software.

The blazing speed of our Intel-based Macs provides a significant performance boost to all Universal applications running natively. We're thrilled that Toon Boom Animation is creating powerful Universal versions of their award-winning animation products.

Stevie always has impeccable timing. The world is hungering more than ever right now for the kind of message only he can deliver. I speak for the entire Universal Music Group when I say nobody can illuminate our greatest hopes, soothe our deepest fears, and put us on the musical high road like Stevie Wonder.

That is why we do not understand the U.S. dollar at the moment as the universal or absolute reserve currency.

It's important to emphasize that this work is not directly relevant to humans. First, rats have a universal drive to run. While some people may feel internally motivated to exercise, most do not and need additional incentives.

It's increasingly difficult to be a regional broker. There's a lack of trade to worry about, yes, but you're also dealing with pricing weakness, competition from the big New York City companies and the universal banks that offer everything from checking accounts to financial advisory services.

It's comedy with a universal appeal with a Latin flavor.

It was like being on The Hulk at Universal Studios. You're real high, then you go back down and then you're on your way back up again.

I've had people come up to me with the strangest interpretations of what lyrics might mean, and I'm like, 'You go! I never thought of that, but that works,' ... I think true art is a universal reflection, and true artists are just messengers of that reflection - or, at best, skilled presenters.

Is the universe 'elegant,' as Brian Greene tells us? Not as far as I can tell, not the usual laws of particle physics, anyway. I think I might find the universal principles of String Theory most elegant - if I only knew what they were.

I try not to write jokes that are mean. I try my best to write jokes that are pretty universal and jokes that don't attack anyone. I know I often fall short of that and end up taking unfair swipes at people, but I try not to.

The U.S. is unique among advanced industrialized nations for failure to provide basic universal coverage to insure access and remove the fear of financial consequences in bills when ill.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

The vast majority of Americans want to see the end to the US occupation of Iraq. There's increasing disenchantment. My campaign is to represent that sentiment, and the real concerns of Americans about health care, and the needs of a single-payer system of universal health care.

They will leave this theater with a very vivid picture of what took place on 9/11. Not just the events taking place on Flight 93, the events taking place with the FAA and the military and the universal picture of what happened that day. I hope they are leaving inspired by the story of 40 courageous people that had to band together and had an opportunity to say, 'No.' To stand up and fight for their lives.

There's this almost universal sense that we're in this big cap-ex spending cycle and the big stocks should be moving on that, but they haven't been.

There was an appetite and sometimes you don't want to miss out on that when there is that appetite, if you're in a rebound kind of year. Universal was left a little flat-footed because they did their big Revenge of the Mummy rollout the year before.

Once Disneyland and Universal Studios became two-day attractions, we began competing with retail, the beach and other activities on the third day. People aren't taking longer vacations or spending more money, so that made it real rough for us.

Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift, He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us.

Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be.

So-called ''austerity,'' the stoic injunction, is the path towards universal destruction. It is the old, the fatal, competitive path. ''Pull in your belt'' is a slogan closely related to ''gird up your loins,'' or the guns-butter metaphor.

The interest from the artistic community to be involved this year really demonstrates the excitement about the CMA Awards and overall appeal and universal quality of the format,

The last studio film I made was Fire with Fire for Universal in 1984. After that, I had to fight for the independent movies and TV projects I got. I never received mainstream offers any more. I sort of languished on the detour route. It makes you feel so inadequate. You see yourself as a loser.

Their example is an inspiration to all who share the universal values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, ... This is a document of which the Iraqis and the rest of the world can be proud.

Their hubris was amazing. But are supposedly nice people really all that different now? The ability to misuse another person and then find reasons to excuse it is a universal human trait.

The cost is minimal, but one of the things that you want in a universal design is to make the plan as open as you can... and to still have walls around bedrooms and that sort of thing, and to keep the corridors wide enough so the wheelchair can do a 360 in the corridor.

The choice open to us is not between a system in which everybody will get what he deserves according to some absolute and universal standard of right, and one where the individual shares are determined partly by accident or good will or chance, but b

I'm not convinced that the prospect for universal messaging on one mailbox can handle all your needs.

I hope we are improving by our standards. Whether we are improving by your standards or American standards is a different question. Our responsibility is to Singaporeans, and what we do here should meet their approval. There are no universal prescriptions.

I informed Irene that she had a piece (that) audiences love. I've got to say it has been a glorious process in terms of finding something that I love to do. And I am constantly pleasantly surprised that it doesn't matter where you are in the United States, it's a piece that everyone loves to watch. It has great universal appeal. I'm just having a ball.

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.

In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada's program of universal polio vaccination, we are indeed recognizing an important milestone in Canadian history, ... Although many of our memories associated with polio are somber, this stamp is a celebration of the fact that polio is indeed just a memory in Canada .

In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.

I'm very supportive of universal service and the concept.

I'm confident that Marc and David will have an extraordinary partnership. Marc has been a critical part of our team since joining the company in 1998, and he led our global marketing and distribution efforts during our most successful years. Universal had its most profitable year ever in 2005 due in no small part to Marc, whose impact on this company has been the foundation for its unique culture and its far-ranging achievements. His passions and instincts inspire both his colleagues and the creative community, and I am pleased to acknowledge his talent and commitment.

If there is a universal language, I would argue it is sport. Close to a universal language is music, but music differs from place to place. Sport on the other hand -- cricket is played the same in Jamaica as it is played in India. Football (soccer) is played the same in Liberia as in the United Kingdom.

If Rahman is released or found to be mentally unstable or if this is one-time deal making, what we have is not universal freedom of conscience, but government benevolence. It peaks and valleys depending on how winds are blowing.

If the U.S. refuses to comply with the universal human rights principles, what reason do other nations have to comply? Torture is counter productive and the indefinite detention of prisoners without trial does not make America safer.

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

In the world of today, which is disrupted by long-lasting disputes and violence, football is one of the very few universal tools mankind can use to bridge gaps between nations and peoples, and to symbolize what unites our planet over what divides it.

In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there's a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there.

In order to reach universal suffrage, we have to build trust.

I love the comic roles - I get the laughs, and I get to go home before anybody dies, ... And this guy is so universal - there will always be snake oil salesmen, won't there?

In today's 'always-on' world, consumers want more control, choice and convenience in their daily lives. They are no longer willing to wait in line or tolerate poor service, and are demanding the ability to serve themselves when, how and where they want. Self-service shopping has a universal appeal that transcends factors like age, gender, ethnicity and economic strata.

In the Netherlands, as throughout Europe, a thousand obscure and slender rills are slowly preparing the great stream of universal culture.

In the moment when you're doing a show, you're thinking of that moment, but you don't think of, 'Here's down the line how people will be relating to the characters.' There's something very universal about 'Sex and the City' that people are still tapping into, where every generation seems to be discovering for itself.

In terms of paying for universal health care, why not just give us the bitter medicine of how much it's going to cost us in taxes?

In the absence of doing broader system reform and more universal coverage, this policy at least addresses the most tenuous time in terms of health care?entrance into the labor market, Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help.

in the belief that dialogue can triumph over discord, that diversity is a universal virtue and that the peoples of the world are far more united by their common fate than they are divided by their separate identities.

I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.

If the manufacturing sector remains mired in a recession mode for too long, it may be signaling the same for the rest of the economy. Although it may be a bit too early to make that assessment, there should be universal agreement that the ISM outcome certainly does not bode well for the rest of the economy.

If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.

I suggest we work on all these elements and reach the final destination of universal suffrage as quickly as possible.

Civil rights are universal and no company has the right to violate them. Immigrants have made an incredibly positive contribution to our society and their rights should be respected here in Miami, just as in any other part of the country.

Before I get to the point, let me say that I'm encouraged that Apple has managed its transition to Intel processors so rapidly. So far, the number of glitches with the new hardware appears to be small, fundamental compatibility is good, and the number of Universal applications continues to increase rapidly. Apple's own product guide lists over 1,000.

Because we were able to do what we did, Universal Foods was able to expand here rather than in Grand Rapids.

Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But there are universal truths about what it means to be a human being. All the other stuff is like applique. Learning that was interesting to me and probably useful for becoming an actor.

Horror films are the ones that pay the bills, and historically, they have shown that they are good investments. They helped Universal survive with that initial splash of horror films in the 1930s and '40s. And horror films kept New Line alive with the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' series.

Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure.

There is universal substance which is divine substance because where else can it be?

There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.

He took the Holocaust out of its Jewish limitations and made it a source of energy in the universal struggle against racism and for human rights. That's probably more important than his role in locating Nazi criminals.

Hulk, ... is only one of a variety of films (from Universal this summer), including 'Bruce Almighty,' '2 Fast 2 Furious' and 'American Wedding' (the 'American Pie' sequel opening Aug. 1) that make up our entire portfolio. We've already grossed $435 million in six weekends with three films. With three other films coming out this summer, including the third installment of one of our most successful franchises ('Wedding'), we're truly optimistic about the performance of Universal's entire lineup.

Germany is among the least religious countries in Europe today, but his election is a great source of national pride -- the fact that he was elected to this post is more significant than the fact that he is Catholic. The truth is that the man has been living in Rome for 25 years, so he's much more of a cosmopolitan clergyman than he is a German, but he's going to be appropriated as a German, and one who stands for a universal set of values.

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

Music truly is the universal language.

It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.

I challenged them one more time and they came through for us. It's like going to Universal Studios and Disneyland. You want to ride that rollercoaster and not get off. We're going to stay on this one for a while.

I am proud of our president, our troops, and our allies, ... Yes, we are fighting to preserve our national security. But we are also fighting to preserve the universal ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

How likely they are to travel ten miles compared to traveling across the country. Human travel within the United States can be described by very simple mathematical laws and these laws do not depend on if you live in a small or large city. So they're universal within the United States.

However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human conviction that there is more to life than life itself; that there is a 'god' shaped hole at the centre of our universe.

However we very much hope that the US will continue to be an active player, to defend universal human rights and support the work of the Human Rights Council.

I do not believe there is a universal model of democracy for the whole world, ... We will have a diversity of models, different types of democracy.

I believe that divine minds are all concious of a universal truth that begins and ends with geometry

I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard, morals, but also publicly espouses the virtue of certain practices that are kind of like 'inherently good' in some kind of ideas of what the good is.

Her artwork is so stunning. Just her ability to put thread together and bring such life to it. Her colors are so well suited to each other, and the art has such universal appeal. I think she's very talented.

Governors and state superintendents of public instruction like to say we can provide universal access and improved quality simultaneously, ... Given the uneven fiscal situations, I haven't found a state that can do that.

Great men will deliver messages of Universal Significance.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

Shakespeare is universal.

Interior liberty is universal.

Universal suffrage is counter-revolution.

It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

The most universal quality is diversity.

Hope is the most universal of human possessions.

Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.

You know, funny can be universal.

I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal.

The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.

The key is to let them know well in advance that they're going to be giving up a home game, ... The other key is to make (giving up a game) a universal obligation to be a member of the NFL.

The ultimate goal is to take this technology and apply it to the whole blood supply so that every unit of blood that's given in the United States would be converted to a universal type before transfusion. The polymer coating hides the blood group antigens so that the recipient's immune system can't recognize the foreign blood cells.

This idea of universal access to basic healthcare has to be figured out as a world. No country has figured it out in part because it is driven by ideology.

This has the potential to be a seminal film. That's if people dig it, and I think they will. This is a film with a universal message. People who are 12 and people who are 45 will get something out of it that they can take back to their own lives.

The Dances of Universal Peace are important to me because they promote the awareness of our divine unity.