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.
LIONISATION
Etymology
Noun
lionisation (usually uncountable, plural lionisations)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of lionization
Source: Wiktionary
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PERESTROIKA
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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