In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
WEETBIRD
Weet"-bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The wryneck; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PERESTROIKA
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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