Word: aqua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hurling head coaches into the swimming pool is only one of many aqua traditions...
Besides whiffing an odd mixture of chlorine and Ben Gay, the first things a swim spectator notices upon entering an aqua stadium are the huge team banners designating the territory of each pack of swimmers...
Three women in yellow dance against an aqua blue set. The strength in their arms legs and head is displayed at every moment. As the drum pounds, they roll, kick and stretch out their powerful arms. Two men join them and a wailing, almost painful melody takes over. The dancers' agonizing movements mimic the music...
With both senior Co-Captains Cary Mazzone and Anita Rival in the bleachers with injuries, freshmen dominated all the Crimson's first place victories. But that wasn't enough for the aqua women to overcome a victory by the Terriers, who needed a win in the evening's final race to secure the triumph...
...created by Deborah Sussman, the graphic designer in charge of all the Olympic imagery. Says Sussman: "The palette consists of unexpected, stimulating juxtapositions that instantly separate the Olympic pageantry from the everyday environment, the drabness of permanent institutions, industries, streets-hot magenta, vermilion and chrome yellow, set off by aqua. They are Mediterranean colors but also suggest Mexican markets, mariachi, Los Angeles and the Pacific...