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.
HUMBOLDT
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
(noun) German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
(noun) German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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