The desks arranged in a semi-circle...

It's exactly the same as the semi-circles in King Solomon's Knot.

- I'll tell you what to do ... form a semi-circle here in the room ... a trail in the middle.

So, I guess that gouda just walked itself right through the door, sliced itself up, and arranged itself in a perfect semi-circle around not three, not four, but five different kinds of sturdy, cheese-bearing crackers?

- Okay, here's what I need you guys to do.. is to form a semi-circle right here in the middle of the room.. with a clear path right thru' the middle.

Recent research had revealed a glass ceiling restricting the number of women in banking and semi-governmental circles.