Clinton was once again the focus of attention over a crime that was universally assumed to be related to the school's desegregation.

A universally assumed Western division between the "domestic/house/private" space versus the "public/exterior male world" exists.

The debates, it is almost universally assumed, are Mr. Bush's last opportunity to save his Presidency.

More to the point about Weld, he's outspokenly pro-choice, which is universally assumed by the punditocracy to sink a right-wing candidacy before it is launched.

The soothing aristocratic gleam of her bearing helped offset her disquieting beauty, both of which, it was universally assumed, were the result of some ancient and extinct royal bloodline, most likely French.

But it was universally assumed that the popes were very rich - we must never underestimate the powerful effect on history of ignorance of state secrets.

It is universally assumed here that the trial will end with a guilty verdict, most likely a death sentence; Mr. Ocalan has not entered a plea.

It is universally assumed that Mr. Jackson has already won that battle.

Be that as it may, Marxists have universally assumed that only conscious and concerted effort by the working class itself can lead to cause the revolutionary transformation of economy and society.

But it is universally assumed that he will give the job to Mr. Ecevit, and attention has been focused instead on the prospect of a clash over Ms. Kavakci's head scarf.