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.
ELIZABETH
Elizabeth, Elizabeth I
(noun) Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
Elizabeth, Elizabeth II
(noun) daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-); “Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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