Washington 's relations with japan are rockier than normal because of disagreements over military bases .
由於在军事基地的问题上存在分歧,美国与日本的关系不像往常那样稳固。
The upshot : a global slump in personal spending is unfolding , portending rockier times for the global economy and world financial markets .
其结果是:全球范围内的个人支出正开始大幅下降,这预示着全球经济及金融市场未来的日子将更为艰难。
And the market for bauxite and alumina , its main export goods , has been rockier than for other commodities .
牙的最大出口商品铝土矿和氧化铝市场比其他商品市场更加动荡。
For an uninhibited island , uotsuri was lively , with media helicopters and planes circling the small boats as they worked their way from the north side to the rockier southern side .
The loose chunks of ice debris within a comet 's gaseous body might also prove more of a nightmare than solid asteroids , and scientists still don 't know exactly how to deal with the rockier cousins .
But the directors of healthcare giant johnson & johnson , which hosts its annual shareholders ' meeting thursday , may face a rockier path to reelection .