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.
PERICLES
Pericles
(noun) Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens’ political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
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INSIGNIFICANTLY
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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