Alost
Americannoun
noun
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Tough All Over Premier Joseph Stalin could ponder the news that the city fathers of Alost, Belgium had changed the postliberation name of Stalin Avenue back to the original, St. Anna.
From Time Magazine Archive
A disastrous conflagration destroyed most of Alost in 1360, and thereafter history deals with the fury of the religious wars conducted by the Spanish against Alost, a most strongly fortified town.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
The face of the tower bore four niches, two at each side of the center and upper windows, and these contained time worn statues of the noble counts of Alost.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
At the beginning of July some Spanish units took Alost, which became the centre of pillaging expeditions.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile
At 42d Street and Madison Avenue the taxi stopped and Souchez and Alost got out and went rapidly across the street toward the Grand Central depot.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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