An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PRYTANEUM
Etymology
Noun
prytaneum (plural prytanea)
(historical) The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.
Source: Wiktionary
Pryt`a*ne"um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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