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...contrast, aggression by the male model was generally viewed as appropriate and approved by both the boys ("A1's a good socker, he beat up Bobo. I want to sock like A1.") and the girls ("That man is a strong fighter. He punched and punched, and he could hit Bobo right down to the floor and if Bobo got up he said, 'Punch your nose.' He's a good fighter like Daddy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Breeding Violence on Television | 12/11/1968 | See Source »

...issue of trust." Free translation: How can anyone trust Dick Nixon? In Ohio he called Nixon "one of the military-industrial-complex men who has little regard for peace." Later, he accused his adversary of being the "Number One doubletalker of all time." Both men implored their followers to "sock it to 'em," a phrase that sounded particularly ludicrous coming from middle-aged politicians of national stature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: DOWN TO THE WIRE | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

...true visual flair, nothing beats rhythm-and-blues. Snazzy-stepping, soul-singing performers like James Brown and Wilson Pickett sock it to the faithful with a furious abandon that shakes the halls on college campuses and urban temples like Harlem's Apollo Theater or Chicago's Regal. Of all the R-and-B cats, nobody steams up the place like Sam & Dave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soul: Joyful Noisemakers | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...write something from an interview with a professional con man. I need more than those sweety questions.... Sock some nasties to him. You're a young radical, straight from Columbia...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: So You Want To Make The Company Team, Son? | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...cabaret revues in London before coming to the U.S. in 1961 to star in the short-lived TV series Fair Exchange, The Baileys of Balboa and Love on a Rooftop. A spunky little pixie of a girl, she is the one forever getting drenched with water when she cries "Sock it to me!" Since she is presumably a little wiser now, the scripts go to elaborate lengths to get her to utter the deathless phrases. Now, when she appears as a geisha girl and says, "It may be rice wine to you, but its saki to me," kersplash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verrry Interesting . . . But Wild | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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