1.   But, as bad as critics claim it is, Washington is visited by thousands of eager tourists each year.

2.   Eager tourists are arriving to seek out shabby chic amid the phosphorescence of decay.

3.   On local market days Mayan children can be seen hawking homemade rag dolls of guerrillas to tourists eager to support the downtrodden.

4.   One of the ushers, Jerome Wright, had to muster his high school French to turn away a group of eager tourists.

5.   On his second European trip as president, and his first White House visit to London, Bush Thursday played the roles of both resolute politician and eager tourist.

6.   That might have seemed like welcome news to tourists eager to climb the Washington Monument or walk the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

7.   The only preoccupation, Brindley and other real estate agents in the Outer Banks had on Thursday was answering questions from tourists eager to return.

8.   The villagers got so many requests from tourists eager to use the phone box that they eventually had one installed.

9.   There, too, crowds formed normally, with tourists eager for tickets as well as a respite from the thrum of televised reports about the terrorist attack.

10.   With the extravagant Temple of Bacchus as the backdrop, guides weave tales of pagan decadence to eager tourists.