"universal pursuit" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when talking about a shared goal or aim that everyone is trying to reach. For example, "The universal pursuit of a safe and healthy environment is a goal shared by all nations."
The people of Libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator".
But, back in the mainstream, the partners of most columnists have little more than a bit of gentle ribbing to worry about - and the attraction for writer and reader lies in establishing a common bond through the universal pursuit of teasing him or her indoors.
So she accepted a contract to pursue her postdoctoral studies there, and says her time in China has allowed her to "break through the veil of my own ideologies, culture, and mentality and gain a deeper appreciation for the universal pursuit of scientific methodology".
The Great Night recalls Vikram Seth's wonderful 1986 novel in verse, The Golden Gate, which transposed another classic to contemporary San Francisco — Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin — and also explored the universal, often thwarted, pursuit of love.
Starting around 1910, America made huge investments in public high schools in pursuit of universal secondary education.
Poland's philosophy departments had long been dominated by Marxism, which, like liberalism, is rooted in Enlightenment notions of reason and in the pursuit of universal truths.
There is a long and heart-warming tradition of people willing to sacrifice their time in the pursuit of universal access to human knowledge.
Which leads, in turn, to our conviction that in developed countries, the well-intentioned pursuit of universal comprehensive insurance has too often left those forces bridled rather than unleashed.
Mr Hague, after meeting the Tunisian prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, said: "The courage and dignity and sacrifice of ordinary people in Tunisia in pursuit of universal freedoms we take for granted has been truly inspiring.
Democrats immediately abandoned the extremely popular universal healthcare option in pursuit of the public option, also a popular choice, which they also abandoned.
"My vision is mythological," she says, "and my work is my way to address universal themes like the pursuit for glory, family issues, and the complexities of youth and adolescence".
