He was very impressed with what Darren had to say and we're very anxious to sign the paperwork.

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The officials say Cockell is very anxious to resume his duties.

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Needless to say, I was anxious to start my own.

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But I will say that there was reason to be anxious -- absolute reason to be anxious.

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Part of that was the United States government being so anxious to get the thing behind it, although how you could say Countrywide was a good acquisition and Bear Stearns was a bad acquisition in the same breath is not entirely clear to me.

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Many board members were reportedly miffed that Erickson, anxious to avoid a death penalty, agreed to the tough punishments without their say-so.

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Instead, Wall Street was anxious to hear what the Federal Reserve's monetary policy arm had to say about the health of the U.S. economy, and in its statement the FOMC describes a landscape that was improving, but still mixed.

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