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we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago

Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.

Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.

Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.

Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.