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.
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Engels, Friedrich Engels
(noun) socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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