These concerns were only accelerated as the 1972 Sapporo Games began the next winter and the $70m price tag began catching the attention of Olympic insiders and outsiders alike.
But the messages that early users composed were actually more figurative — scent selfies, jokes, ideas, or emotions, in which, for example, the "smoky" tag began to be used as the equivalent of the eggplant emoji.
Ken Downing, fashion director at Neiman Marcus, said, "With many designers less intrigued with the idea of logos, the artistic tag begins a new conversation with the consumer," serving as an "insiders' inside message".
As the economic crisis dragged on, it seemed there was little that Hollande could do to bring the required drop in unemployment or a boost to industrial output and growth and the Mr Normal tag began to prove something of a millstone.
Mr. Diawara, 25, an exhibiting photographer and a student at New York University who says the tag began a year ago (he declined to elaborate on his role in its creation), was arrested July 22 at East 22nd Street and Third Avenue after being caught silver-handed writing the words on a construction wall.
The Obama administration canceled a plan to revitalize Y-12 when the price tag began to approach $20 billion.
Not stopping at the homepage search, Google's interface tag began to be brought to Gmail and Calendar with the links at the top of the page.
I thought TED was dead," a pal told me last week, as throngs of TEDsters (their chosen tag) began descending on Monterey, Calif., their once-a-year breeding ground for ideas.
Stephen Powers, the man behind the fabled 'ESPO' tag, began working in and around New York City back in 1994.
