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...hour (not including benefits) earned by his counterpart in Grand Rapids, Mich., or Oshawa, Ont. Add in GM's crushing legacy costs - pension and health-care obligations to retirees - which are only a minor consideration in Mexico, and it explains why the country is a cash cow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada Spends Big to Save GM, So Why Not Mexico? | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

Though I do not eat much beef, I love Kate Pickert's article about cow-pooling [June 15]. I grew up on a farm in Arkansas where my sister and I stood on the fence and waved goodbye as the cows were loaded onto the truck to be taken to market, and where my dad once made me and my friends get up at 6 a.m. after a sleepover and dig potatoes. My kids have been growing up in the suburbs, not knowing where food comes from. Now we are growing vegetables in the backyard, and they are helping debone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Someone jokes that "Today Hashemi carries us to victory!" referring to the fact that the the metro system, an enormously profitable cash cow, is run by the son of former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, who also happens to be one of the chief backers of Mir-Hossein Mousavi. (See pictures of the turbulent aftermath of Iran's presidential election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Among the Protesters in Tehran | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...later you meet, the better you'll know yourselves. But the first time I met my husband - which was three years before we began dating - we didn't hit it off at all. He thought I wasn't interested, and he thought I was a bit of a frosty cow. You have to let men know that you really like them. I didn't used to make an effort because I thought it was a bit humiliating. That's something that happens to women who've been single for a while and they're perfectly happy, [but] they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Meet Mr. Right After 40 | 6/16/2009 | See Source »

...casual observer.” Nelson wrote in the message that the team “does not anticipate major delays” and expects to have a fully functional permanent antenna in place by the summer of 2010. In the meantime, a cell on wheels (COW)—a van containing signal transmission and reception equipment—could be moved into place by August, also contingent on the completion of a two to three month permit application process by AT&T and approval from the City of Cambridge. COWs are frequently used to provide backup cell phone...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AT&T To Add Antenna To Better Quad Service | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

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