In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BUILDDOWN
Etymology
Noun
builddown (plural builddowns)
A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by destroying more than are built.
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PROSODIC
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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