semester

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Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

By the end of her first semester, Ms. Blume finished what would, in 1969, become her first published book: “The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

One of the most popular is called “Pursuing the Good Life”; this semester, readings included the Bible, Plato, Rousseau, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, along with poetry by Sylvia Plath and music by Beethoven.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

The BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran at the start of a new semester on Saturday.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

I received straight A’s in my college courses at the end of that semester.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok