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  2. Fawlty Towers - Wikipedia

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    Energetic and petite, she prefers a working wardrobe of tight skirt-suits in shiny fabrics and sports a tower of permed hair augmented with hairpieces and wigs necessitating the use of overnight curlers. She often is a more effective manager of the hotel, making sure Basil gets certain jobs done or stays out of the way when she is handling ...

  3. Battle of Towton - Wikipedia

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    Views of the Wars of the Roses in general and of the battle as a charnel house were formed by Shakespeare and endured for centuries. [83] However at the start of the 21st century the battle was no longer prominent in the public consciousness. Journalists lamented that people were ignorant of the Battle of Towton and of its significance. [100]

  4. Heritage Tower (Battle Creek, Michigan) - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, the Battle Creek Community Foundation located across the street decided to fix some of the roof problems in 2013. Also in 2013, the owner of the tower became 25 West Michigan Holdings, LLC., a 616 Development subsidiary. At this point, the tower was now an abandoned husk of its former self. The Milton

  5. Skull Tower - Wikipedia

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    Skull Tower (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћеле кула, romanized: Ćele kula, pronounced [tɕel̩e kula]) is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in Niš, Serbia. It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising .

  6. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, sometimes called "Battle of the Menin Road", was the third British general attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle took place from 20 to 25 September 1917, in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front .

  7. Battle of Tewkesbury - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on Saturday 4 May 1471, was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster .

  8. York Castle - Wikipedia

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    Battles/wars: Siege of York in 1644: Events: Jewish massacre of 1190: ... The now ruined keep of the medieval Norman castle is commonly referred to as Clifford's Tower.

  9. Bennington Battle Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot-high (93 m) [1] stone obelisk located at 15 Monument Circle, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. The monument commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War .