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Sitting on the dusty steps of a New Haven apartment building, the generational divide suddenly looks a lot more like a wall, one that’s fortified to separate these two women for good.

The castle had a rectangular stone tower similar to a keep, a type of heavily fortified stronghold found in castles in Carlisle, Bamburgh and Lancaster in England.

The Dodgers will make the playoffs, but the collection of players they bought to fortify their World Series title defense has fallen far short of expectations.

Lobbyists swarm regulators and lawmakers, champion voluntary self-regulation, and present themselves as “part of the solution,” all while quietly fortifying their defenses around the bottom line.

Preller fortified the roster at the trading deadline, and Adam told him after the injury Monday that he was grateful for the addition of dynamic reliever Mason Miller.