The Vietnamese would come under a special program to encourage the "orderly departure" of refugees as an alternative to the hazardous journeys of many who leave Vietnam on boats.

The monks of the house, hindered in their orderly departure, hovered in quiet deprecation.

It takes more than 5 minutes to effect an orderly departure, especially if you've just been woken.

Since the blast knocked out an on-site police command center set up to coordinate an evacuation, thousands organized their own orderly departure before police and firefighters were able to help.

Progress is also being made on humanitarian issues, from the orderly departure of Vietnamese refugees to the search for remains or traces of American soldiers missing in action.

They are also rerouting air traffic near big airports to clear express lanes that allow for quicker, more orderly departures.

This was just the endgame - civil war instead of an orderly departure of Serbian forces - that NATO wanted to avoid.

State law requires a company seeking to drop its business in New Jersey to inform state regulators ahead of time to insure an orderly departure.

Although the musical has bounced back before, it would seem to be poised for an orderly departure from the scene.

It was not until the Hastur soldiers began a rapid yet orderly departure that Carolin was able to tear his eyes from the court-yard.