When Cleaver phoned a few minutes later, he merely said the lady was out, and then set to work planning his own departure.

"We have been planning Ray's departure for several weeks, it was related the end of our fiscal year."

I keep wondering just how long they had to plan their departure.

Soon after the 51-A mission touched down, Allen began to plan his departure.

Apparently the Ethiopian leader has been planning his departure to Zimbabwe for some time.

The question of the moment was this: How long had Patrick planned his departure from his old life?

He clearly has this in mind as he plans the President's gala and his own departure.

Parlak told me he had planned his departure carefully.

That said, he shows no signs of planning his departure.