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Alston

[ awl-stuhn ]

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Alston and Haughton agree that people should start retinoids slowly and progressively, making sure the skin can tolerate them.

Alston’s friend, Randolph, 52, who sports an edgy, honey-blonde pixie cut, is part of the cadre of barbers and stylists trained as health educators through the University of Maryland program.

That includes Alston, her 63-year-old aunt who has such limited access to health care that she has no front teeth, and Jamar Gibbons, 36, a postal worker — all of whom showed up for a shot and a free fish sandwich.

Alston isn’t a police officer or prison guard, although those would be good guesses.

Vernetta Alston was one of the attorneys who represented McCollum.

“I believe in justice, I believe if you do something wrong, you should have to pay,” Alston said.

Alston now sat looking at photos of the boy he keeps in his phone.

Alston had last seen Prince at midday, when the two walked to the store together.

“He was just beginning to understand things, just beginning to come into his own,” Alston said.

Washington Alston, the great historical painter of South Carolina, died.

"If he likes better to be with these people down at Alston, I am sure it is the same to me," said the injured wife.

He had come over by train from Alston on purpose to see the baronet, whom he found seated in his library.

One of the servants had been despatched to Alston for a surgeon, and in an hour or two the extent of the misfortune was known.

Every one now had been told of his intended marriage; every one had been told through Lord Alston, Mr. Furnival, and such as they.

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