Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CATWALK
catwalk
(noun) narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge)
catwalk
(noun) narrow platform extending out into an auditorium; “models displayed clothes on a catwalk at the fashion show”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
catwalk (plural catwalks)
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
Any similar elevated walkway.
A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
(by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
Synonyms
• (platform for fashion shows): runway
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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