1.   He said he spoke with Gumbel several times over the weekend, and his predecessor tried to ease his jitters.

2.   Perhaps the big first inning served to ease his jitters.

3.   The municipal aid in the bill eased jitters that local budgets and taxpayers would suffer from the changes.

4.   The Palestinians, however, are quite flexible about security arrangements to ease Israeli jitters.

5.   Blue-chip stocks rallied Tuesday after the government reported a continued low rate of inflation at the consumer level for August, easing jitters over interest rates.