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.
CARSON
Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson
(noun) United States frontiersman who guided Fremont’s expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson
(noun) United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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