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.
ELIOT
Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
(noun) British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
(noun) British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ENSLAVEMENT
(noun) the state of being a slave; “So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity”--Shakespeare
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