The committee hopes that Masi, now 69, will stay on to greet visitors anxious for a glimpse of traditional skills that are once again in demand.
Two teen-age boys, eagerly hospitable, greeted my anxious questions with loudly incredulous hilarity.
They were greeted by anxious parents and their children who rushed the barriers and destroyed what had been an orderly serpentine line throughout the store.
After giving his predictably inspiring speech, Obama was escorted to the back room, where he was greeted by an anxious throng of volunteers, myself included.
It was late afternoon and the place was filling up, Mr. Wald said, but an anxious hush greeted the towering, aristocratic Mr. Whitney.
Two weeks ago, the début of Sony's PlayStation 3 was greeted by crowds of hysterical consumers anxious to get their hands on the new console, billed as the most powerful gaming machine ever.
When, at one point, a puppy bounded down to greet us, the adult dogs broke into loud, anxious barks and high-pitched howls.
Though Lyle was a Midwestern optimist, he was so anxious about his audition that he greeted his agent at the station in tones barely above a whisper.
The calibre of this crowd and the quality of her own talent is, say friends, why they are not anxious how Olivia Joules will be greeted by the public.
That explains the anxious, standing-room-only crowd that greeted California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom last month when he traveled up to Humboldt County, the state's most legendary marijuana production region, for a public forum on pot policy.
