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.
GOULD
Gould, Jay Gould
(noun) United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
Gould, Stephen Jay Gould
(noun) United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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