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.
CLEARWAY
clearway
(noun) a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
clearway (plural clearways)
(chiefly, UK) A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of movement.
(aviation) An area projecting from the end of a runway that is kept clear of obstructions exceeding a height that increases with distance from the end of the runway.
Anagrams
• clayware
Source: Wiktionary
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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