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.
WALTON
Walton, E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
(noun) Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
Walton, Izaak Walton
(noun) English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)
Walton, William Walton, Sir William Walton, Sir William Turner Walton
(noun) English composer (1902-1983)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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