As it prepares to host the Olympic Games in Beijing next year, it is anxious to project a softer image.
Author hurries to airport, anxious to avoid his host, a Harvard man, who certainly will want to know how about reimbursement of the $25 deposit fee sent to Eastchester College.
Kim Jong-un appears at first to Skylark to be a gracious young man, unfailingly polite as a host and anxious to show that he cares about his people.
The Swedes, who were anxious to replace the departed Alfred Finnbogason, host Neil Lennon's side in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.
It was Tito, anxious to underline his independence from Moscow, who hosted the first formal summit in Belgrade in 1961.
Helena was anxious to help children and the unemployed, and began hosting free dinners for their benefit at the Windsor Guildhall.
She and her host will both be anxious to see all links between them and the Blagojevich affair vanish before they return home.
Mayor Bloomberg has been an extremely gracious host, and everyone on the campaign is very anxious to come to New York".
The colonel seemed terribly eager, almost anxious, to bridge the immense gap between himself and his Afghan hosts.
The government of Abu Dhabi which is anxious to diversify its economy beyond oil and to create jobs in the private sector wants to play host to a financial centre.
