Love is a universal experience and in many place love is equated with marriage, so emotionally people come to understand love and marriage in that way.

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Ultimately, Case says, the songs on Middle Cyclone are more about the universal need for love, regardless of what form it may take.

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In my travels with my iPad, I have engaged many people with iPads on airplanes and in hotels and the response to the product is universal: They love it, but they still carry a notebook for the times they need to perform serious corporate work.

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For universal truths on pride, love, greed, envy, ambition and honor, we look to Shakespeare.

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Love is the universal language only if you don't have to pay for it.

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Also, as much as business travellers would love to see universal free internet access, we are frequently faced with extra fees on trains, planes or at airports.

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The disc is a melodic, hook-drenched collection of songs Newman says were inspired by his recent move to New York, finding love and the universal search for meaning.

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"In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal - it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person, " Labour MP Louisa Wall, who introduced the legislation, said.

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But her book also tells a more universal story - of a mother's love and a mother's loss, and a tribute to a young life that was cut short before its time.

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"Everybody has lost someone they love and the piece, I hope, will be universal, " she says.

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