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...Grand Rapids, Mich., and Lockport and Rochester, N.Y., where UAW members say they are being pushed to renegotiate a contract that included concessions they signed only last year, when the plants still belonged to the bankrupt Delphi Corp. "We haven't seen anything in writing yet, but we know they're coming for us again," says a GM worker from Grand Rapids. "We also know they want a 'no strike' clause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UAW Anger at Contract Concessions on the Rise | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...scene, Roth juxtaposes paragraphs in which the Swede relates inane family anecdotes against extended interior monologues tracking Zuckerman’s overwrought reactions to the disappointing way the meal develops. The chapter concludes with the narrator’s self-questioning rant, “Why the appetite to know this guy?... You’re craving depths that don’t exist. This guy is the embodiment of nothing...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Studying 'American Pastoral' to Understand 'The Road' | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...first time, I didn’t know how to handle the unexpected. So I did what I felt like then was the unthinkable: I took the fall semester...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Time Off Makes All The Difference | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...Obama's presidency so far has been unsuccessful, but its bottom-line analysis is the same: that Obama has neglected to fulfill the promises he made when he was running for office, that he has largely wasted his first year in the White House, that his advisers don't know what they are doing and that it is in some ways too late to salvage his agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Fend Off the 'Failure' Attacks? | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...seaside towers, including an Intercontinental Hotel; a Starwood Four Points and a Marriott hotel are scheduled to open next year. U.S. businesses are not expected to seal any deals this week; with few contacts, they are focusing on just breaking the ice with Libyans. "This is a get-to-know-Libya trip," says Gene Cretz, the first U.S. ambassador to Libya since the 1970s. "There has been estrangement for 30 years, and we are still searching for the language to talk to each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After 37 Years, the U.S. Arrives to Do Business in Libya | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

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