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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Chancellor got her way. On Saturday, a beaming Angela Merkel held a news conference in Berlin to announce the breakthrough. There was no hiding her delight, and relief. "The deal is a real chance for Opel workers," Angela Merkel said. "The workers aren't responsible for this crisis. The mismanagement at GM in the U.S. was to blame," she said. (Read about Merkel in the TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merkel Saves Opel From GM's Fate | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Merkel revealed that she called President Barack Obama on Friday just before the final round of talks started and that this call helped swing the deal. "Because of the special (GM/Opel) structure, the talks were a real test of transatlantic relations," Merkel said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merkel Saves Opel From GM's Fate | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...that's not insanity, I don't know what is," says Toronto analyst Dennis DesRosiers with DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, referring to the ransomlike price GM demanded for its promise to maintain a share of its car and truck production north of Detroit. "This deal does more to get Obama reelected than it does to save jobs in Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving GM Canada at Any Price? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...This is a one-shot deal and we have to be optimistic it will succeed," says Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza, adding that he had expected the bailout of GM Canada to be larger than the $2.7 billion figure first floated by Ottawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving GM Canada at Any Price? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Running a marathon seems like a big deal, but ultra-runners run hundreds of miles over mountains. How do they do it? I never saw an ultra-marathon until I was in one. I ran 50 miles with the Tarahumara. My stomach was clenching up like a fist before the race. I received the best advice for running I ever heard: "You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard." I just wish people would run two miles as if they were running 100 miles, because one thing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Myth of the Lonely Long-Distance Runner | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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