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America urges Europe to join forces against China

Tokyo 2020 Olympics hit by coronavirus jitters CNN International Tokyo (CNN) The deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could impact Japan's preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer, a senior ...

Starbucks and Danone Joining Forces to Sell Yogurt

By STEPHANIE STROM

The French dairy powerhouse Danone and Starbucks have decided to work together as Americans grow more interested in healthy foods, like yogurt.

Tokyo jittery under surface calm

jitters, jittery, blacklist

Japan Bank to Pay $250 Million Fine for Iran Deals

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and BEN PROTESS 3:17 PM ET

The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Japan’s largest, is accused of transferring funds for Iran and other countries blacklisted from doing business in the United States, officials said.

Customer Jitters Hit Applied Materials

Applied Materials lowered its earnings outlook to reflect weakening demand in the semiconductor market.

In China, the Bird Flu Jitters Are Back

China’s Fast Rise Leads Neighbors to Join Forces

By MARK LANDLER, JIM YARDLEY and MICHAEL WINES 8:41 PM ET

China’s military expansion and assertive trade policies have set off jitters across Asia, prompting many of its neighbors to build alliances.

A Venezuelan double hitter

The Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the prodigiously talented pianist Gabriela Montero these fifty-five minutes.

jittery

音節

jit • ter • y

発音

dʒítəri

[形]((略式))神経質な, いらだった.jitter

intr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

1. To be nervous or uneasy; fidget.
2. To make small quick jumpy movements. The pictures on the wall jitter whenever a truck drives by.

n.

1. A jittering movement; a tic.
2. jitters A fit of nervousness. Often used with the.

[Perhaps alteration of CHITTER.]

hitter

(hĭt'ər)
n.

1. One who hits or strikes something.
2. Baseball. A batter.

chitter

(chĭt'ər)
intr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.
To twitter or chatter, as a bird.

[Middle English chiteren, of imitative origin.]

Definition of blacklist

noun

• a list of people or groups regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and often marked down for punishment or exclusion.

verb

[with object]

put (a person or group) on a blacklist: workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the newspaper (as adjective blacklisted)blacklisted books

join forces

combine efforts: individuals and organizations have joined forces to provide fund-raising facilities