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.
ROBINSON
Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
(noun) United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
Robinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson
(noun) United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(noun) United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
Robinson, James Harvey Robinson
(noun) United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
Robinson, Lennox Robinson, Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
(noun) Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
Robinson, Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith
(noun) United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
Robinson, Robert Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson
(noun) English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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BARGAIN
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