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Word: socko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...encountered -the heads of the West's major democracies. The early verdict appeared to be unanimous. The new U.S. President passed muster with high marks and was received into the exclusive ranks of world statesmen. In fact, Carter's debut was nothing short of socko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Socko Performance at the Summit | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

Recombinant franks and beans...spinach that did a socko comic monologue before I swallowed it...spaghetti that twirled itself around my fork like a whirling dervish...And that chopped liver...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: One Day At The p-3 Facility... | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

...this season, the early warnings had been sounded as far back as November-and suddenly they proved all too accurate. "The past four or five winters have been comparatively warm," said Carl Suchocki of the Natural Gas Supply Committee, an industry lobby. "But this one has been el socko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENERGY: Luck Runs Out on Natural Gas | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...President intends to talk of his plans for the future of America, hoping to make a favorable contrast with the evocation of the past created by Carter's pilgrimage to Warm Springs. But officially or not, the President will be campaigning hard this week. An edited version of his socko acceptance speech will be shown on CBS-TV. The President Ford Committee bought the air time, for $86,000, because the speech was delivered at 10:30 p.m. in Kansas City?a time when untold millions in such pivotal Eastern states as Pennsylvania (27 electoral votes) and New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: CAMPAIGN KICKOFF | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...execution, yet earnestly convinced that it is offering a panorama of postwar American life, it does not even give viewers the consolation of being unintentionally funny. The only hope is to draw a team from the cast and enter it in Almost Anything Goes. It would be a socko-and merciful-finish for both shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Viewpoints: The Second Season | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

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