| The Beatles, who played in clubs long before they released their first single, knew that songs with a climax, a point, a socko finish, were guaranteed audience-goosers. |
| Given what's happening on some campuses these days, that might make one socko speech. |
| In early views, the gawky Tribune Building presents a lonesome air, its socko red, black and white isolated from the low brownstone classicism of its neighbors. |
| You really do expect every one of his scores to be a buffo, socko, holy-cow kind of score, and that's a tough assignment to do on a regular basis. |
| Ball writes clearly and is socko with graphs, but I found his arguments utterly unconvincing. |
| In books, there's a perilously thin line, as they used to say on Broadway, between a socko and a floperoo. |
