He greeted me by saying: "Ah, the predator", the implication being that the behemoth is not invulnerable; it is anxious and defensive, and alert to attack, real or perceived.
Nixon, exasperated with what he saw as the North's intransigence and also anxious to persuade Thieu to cooperate, ordered B-52 bombers again to attack Hanoi.
Anxious to reassert their claims over Zara, the Venetians diverted the Fourth Crusade from its original objectives, Palestine and Egypt, to attack the city.
They're part of a pattern: of enterprises under fire, hunched against outside attack, anxious to secure their reputation, reluctant to give their enemies any succour.
While the invasion of the U.S.S.R. was being prepared, Hitler was much concerned to extend German influence across Slovakia and Hungary into Romania, the oil fields of which he was anxious to secure against Soviet attack and the military manpower of which might be joined to the forces of the German coalition.
Hamas is anxious to distance itself from the attack and also to co-operate with the Egyptian government.
At the start of the Addounia report, Reuters explains, after an explosion in the distance, "a man tells the camera in Arabic, 'this is terrorism.'" According to a Syrian activist based in Beirut, Lebanon, Shakeeb Al-Jabri, at one stage in Addounia's report on the attack, a citizen seemed anxious to discount the idea that the rocket fire might have come from government forces.
McCoist is anxious to add depth to his squad, particularly in attack, in order to challenge Celtic in both the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup.
Salah Bariki, an Algerian-born city councillor, is also among those anxious to avoid giving too much weight to the attacks, arguing that the perpetrators are probably few.
During the El Adde attacks, Juma says "the public was anxious to know what was going on", yet mainstream media channels were not covering the incident.
