bachelor
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An unmarried medievalist steeped in the supernatural, James created tales of bachelor scholars whose thirst for the unknown awakens malevolent forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“At a time when California faces significant healthcare workforce shortages, affordable pathways to a bachelor of science in nursing are especially important in rural and underserved communities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
That's changed since the festival's origins 170 years ago, when bachelor farmers and moneyed visitors would flock to the spa town of Lisdoonvarna to bathe in its mineral-rich waters and socialise.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Within a decade she was “Gloria-Steinem-the-antiwar-gorgeous- bachelor girl who was pictured with Henry Kissinger in Time and Life…,” according to a breathless 1970 account in the Los Angeles Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“In the meantime, keep your bachelor card, but stay away from Jupiter.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
But for students who do get a spot, they can expect to make more than some of the most popular bachelors degrees — at least within four years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She later obtained bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she grew interested in computer chips while working in a semiconductor lab as an undergraduate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
A movie where the perennially single New York matchmaker has finally met her match in two highly eligible bachelors?
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Ugly Christmas sweaters: They’re gaudy, loud, and the chosen uniform of seasonal rom-com bachelors.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
She tells me about meeting August—she was seventeen, and it had just dawned on her that the recent spate of bachelors joining her family for dinner were actually being presented as potential husbands.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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