Sentence examples for universal unit from inspiring English sources

Another Vivendi Universal unit, Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., expanded its relationship with TiVo by agreeing to promote more then 20 movies and DVD releases in the next two years through programs and promotions aimed at TiVo subscribers.

He asserted that primitive marriage was rooted in the needs of the nuclear family, which he considered to be the fundamental and universal unit of society.

Sasaki's transnational history of these New Women explores the intersections of gender, modernity, and national identity within the politics of world history, where the nation-state increased its presence as a universal unit in an ever-interconnecting global context.

Both required greater precision to advance.In response the metre, from the Greek metron, meaning "measure", was ushered in, helped along by French revolutionaries, eager to replace the Bourbon toise (just under two metres) with an all-new, universal unit.

Mr. Shea had been leading Gameworks, a co-venture between the Universal unit of NBCUniversal and DreamWorks; he is best known for his long career at MTV Networks, part of Viacom, working on cable channels like Logo, MTV and VH1 as well as Web sites.

Two months after resigning last February as cochairman (with Iovine) of the Universal unit, he popped up as chief executive of ArtistDirect.

Once a French water utility, Vivendi remade itself in recent years as a global media giant with its acquisitions of Seagram's Universal units and the Canal Plus European pay television operation in 2000.

But in the case of "Battlestar," a series following the survivors of an apocalyptic attack on their home planets by rebellious robots, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, the NBC-Universal unit responsible for DVD sales, approached the Sci Fi Channel about the possibility of creating a stand-alone episode first.

By international consensus, the kilogram is the world's universal base unit of mass, the ur-unit from which all others are derived.

Vivendi's Universal Music unit posted a profit that fell short of analysts' estimates and its computer game unit posted a loss.

Interscope Geffen is part of the Universal Music unit of Vivendi Universal.