He said he would work for universal preschool programs.

Using a covert universal program, he slipped into the memory block at the byte level.

Today, more than 30 percent of Federal spending is on the elderly, most of it in universal programs benefiting the middle class.

I watched as he fired up Kermit, the universal file-transfer program, to ship our file back to his computer.

Now there's a proposal that revives the idea but makes it a universal, government-sponsored program.

The thinking was that programs for poor people are always inferior to universal programs, which are meant to help all income levels.

Some suggest universal programs in which all Americans can participate, while others say efforts should be aimed at the neediest.

Supporters of such universal programs argue that they would bring more political support, and less social stigma, than programs exclusively for the poor.

The Latvian healthcare system is a universal program, largely funded through government taxation.

All children should be able to receive free vaccine under "a universal program" with no income test, she said last month.