Word: electrocardiogram
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taken from Spiro Agnew. Ironically, one of the nation's most effective black leaders has now made the same criticism. In the more incendiary days of black militance, says the Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of Chicago's Operation Breadbasket, the nation's press was like an electrocardiogram, recording every spasm. Recently Jackson fought unsuccessfully through the courts to win a place on the ballot in a mayoral election against Chicago's Richard Daley. Currently Operation Breadbasket and other black organizations are laboring all over the U.S. to give black Americans an increased measure of economic control...
...intelligent idea, something like compelling a man with chronic heart trouble to have a periodic electrocardiogram. The graph might be depressing, but it might make urban anxieties more susceptible to solution. It might also provide voters with a new standard: if the Q.L.I, fell below, say 75%, they might decide to throw out a mayor or a Governor or a President...
...Cooper now says may start a graduated aerobics program if they have had a complete physical examination, with a careful health history, within the preceding year. Between 30 and 40, to be safe, they must have had the physical within three months, and it must include an electrocardiogram. For people from 41 to 59, the ECG must be taken both at rest and while exercising. Over 60, all the preceding requirements must be met immediately before training starts...