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...correspondents. In trying to describe and assess the increasing number of assaults on diplomatic privilege and protection-not to mention on the diplomats themselves-for this week's cover story, Bonfante found himself under siege, so to speak. He was held captivated in his office by a steady stream of files from TIME correspondents at the scenes of the latest setbacks for U.S. diplomats in Bogotá, Tehran, Washington and the United Nations...
This crazy-quilt winter weather was the result of erratic changes in the usual pattern of westerly winds-especially the high-altitude jet stream-that whip across the U.S. Part of a broader global feature known as the circumpolar vortex, the winds in winter usually follow a sharply undulating path round the Northern Hemisphere, like the bottom of a whirling crinoline skirt. Sweeping northeast over the Pacific, the winds pick up warmth and moisture. Heading down again from the cold north, they cause heavy rain and snowstorms from the Rockies through the heartland to New England...
...late December meteorologists noticed another dramatic change. The upper-level westerlies south of the 35th parallel (from Southern California to North Carolina) had picked up speed while those north of it had slowed. The jet stream had edged to the south, along a path that was much less curved. Instead of sweeping north over the Pacific with a cargo of warm, moist air and dumping snow and rain on Alaska, Washington and Oregon, the westerlies now were aiming their punch directly at California. The result: Southern California was inundated for nine days by storms that brought a total...
...surface temperatures between California and Hawaii and unusually cold temperatures in waters in the central Pacific north of Hawaii. Though Namias cannot precisely explain the mechanism, he says that as the air passes over the water and warms up, the newly acquired heat influences the direction of the jet stream. Other scientists are not so sure. Climatologist Stephen Schneider of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., points out that any number of factors could influence air flows, including solar flares, clouds of dust, snow on the ground and even the rising level of carbon dioxide...
...assets depreciate substantially, the income stream will go down in a few years," Cabot said, adding, "If there is going to be a change in investment policy from here, it would be to commit more of our assets to cash or cash equivalents...