Angola's government says it is owed $1bn by the daughter of Angola’s former strongman and her associates
Golf traces its origins to 15th century Scotland but it was in America starting in the 1890s that it really came into its own. The country is by far the world’s biggest market for golf, home to about half its players and courses. In 2006 some 30m Americans were golfers. But since then golf has hit a rough patch http://econ.st/1GHh2EN
“Beautiful, she looked! In her white short dress and yellow roses…Oh, God, she looked elegant. I, invece, was wearing Koussevitzky’s white suit. He had died that June and the wedding was in September…I had to go to a local tailor, and get everything altered…The white shoes were cramping me and the pants were too big.” – Leonard Bernstein (Interview with John Gruen, 1968)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
in + vece, from Latin vicis.
Adverb[edit]
invece
instead, but, whereas, on the contrary
Une Dame à sa Toilette by Boucher A Little Decoration
A fashion that became all the rage from the 1600's through to the early 1800's was the face patch. We see them in portraits, and caricatures, those tiny black (sometimes red) "beauty spots" a lady would add to her face. They've made a few comebacks over the centuries, especially in the 1920's and late 1940's
These tiny gems of over the top ornamentation served many different purposes. They could be used to cover up blemishes of poc marks, different placements could even signify political allegiance! They were also used as a contrast to highlight a brilliant complexion! (Perhaps the most relevant application for a lady today)
The patches came in all kinds of shapes, stars were a popular motif, as well as circles and moons. They came in a range of materials too, like velvet, taffeta and even leather! Where you wore them had a different meaning too!
rough patch
go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch.
informal.
to experience a lot of problems in a period of your life:
Andy's going through a bit of arough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce.
British Museum
Today's #MysteryObject is an 18th-century patch-box for holding decorative face patches! http://ow.ly/BhIol
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