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.
REGRESSOR
Etymology
Noun
regressor (plural regressors)
That which regresses, or causes regression.
Source: Wiktionary
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WHITE
(adjective) restricted to whites only; “under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains”; “a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization”
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