Word: glassers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loans, some of them interest free. Today, polls show that he is the only Reagan aide whose negative ratings exceed his positive marks. Liberal fund raisers, who find it difficult to run campaigns criticizing the popular President, have discovered that political literature condemning Meese can inspire generous donations. Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, dubs the Attorney General the "James Watt of the Constitution...
...from freedoms. Democracy and freedom, fraternal twins and sibling rivals, do not always get along well with each other. The genius of the Founding Fathers was in their construction of a legal and political system that protected minorities from the possibility of a tyranny of the majority. Says Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union: "They recognized for the first time ever--and pretty much for the last time--that individual liberty, equal rights, etc., are not assured by democracy. The flaw in a democratic system is: What about the minority, whether religious, political, sexual or whatever...
...releases natural opiates, called endorphins, which induce the trancelike state that runners in particular achieve after about 40 minutes of strenuous effort. Athletes sometimes become addicted to these opiates and push themselves to the point of injury to get their usual dosage. Generally, though, the effects are benign. William Glasser, a Brentwood, Calif. psychotherapist and author of Positive Addiction, offers the laid-back argument that running "becomes a way to access your own creativity...
...operation drew heavy fire from civic, business, religious and Hispanic groups. Charged Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, in a letter to President Reagan...
...Justice Department's top priority. Accordingly, the department this fall may push Congress for a federal death penalty; a loosening of the "exclusionary rule" that makes illegally obtained evidence inadmissible at trials; and stricter bail laws, including the right to refuse bail to "dangerous" offenders. Complains Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union: "These measures will harm civil liberties without having any impact on crime...