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.
REVERSI
Etymology
So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.
Noun
reversi (uncountable)
A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
The card game reversis.
Synonyms
• Othello (a trademark)
Anagrams
• reivers, reviser, rievers
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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