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The National League’s 72 clubs have formally asked the English Football League (EFL) to grant the fifth tier a third promotion place from the start of next season.
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
The popular kids’ series Ms. Rachel also launched on Netflix during this measurement interval, debuting at No. 5 on the English TV list with 4M views, which only serves to prove that children’s entertainment continues to be a driving force on streaming.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
At the time, the English might have taken comfort in the idea that their coal-shortage problem could be solved, or at least punted down the road, by technological innovations that increased the efficiency of coal consumption.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
There are few books more influential on scholars’ understanding of class than historian E. P. Thompson’s 1963 The Making of the English Working Class, which discussed the role of laborers and artisans, drawing on their own subjective experiences, in forming the class as a coherent group.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Feb. 2025
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
The popular kids’ series Ms. Rachel also launched on Netflix during this measurement interval, debuting at No. 5 on the English TV list with 4M views, which only serves to prove that children’s entertainment continues to be a driving force on streaming.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
At the time, the English might have taken comfort in the idea that their coal-shortage problem could be solved, or at least punted down the road, by technological innovations that increased the efficiency of coal consumption.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
There are few books more influential on scholars’ understanding of class than historian E. P. Thompson’s 1963 The Making of the English Working Class, which discussed the role of laborers and artisans, drawing on their own subjective experiences, in forming the class as a coherent group.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Feb. 2025
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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