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“I don’t want Californians ignored by the national government because all the districts are fortresses for one party or the other.”

Fifth Third on Monday said that it expects after the deal to have the top retail deposit franchise in Michigan, where Comerica began in the 1840s, and to solidify its “fortress” position across the Midwest.

Maybe's Roman's definition of a fortress is just different to most other people's.

They believe the fortress, which was built across two small islands in a loch at Finlaggan on Islay, belonged to royalty more than 700 years ago.

A helpful digital “fly through” video reconstructs the vast fortress, elaborately decorated with brightly colored, often patterned murals.