Concentrating on survival, he was methodically planning each move he would make.

Now, Ms. Gabel and Mr. Zachowski, both in their 50s, are retiring, something they have been methodically planning for nearly a decade.

Loosely based on actual events, Edward Fox methodically plans a hit on Charles de Gaulle, President of France, in the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal.

Armed with this intelligence Admiral Nimitz began methodically planning Midway's defense, rushing all possible reinforcement in the way of men, planes and guns to Midway.

He's content to let you think you've won-to let you think whatever you want, for that matter-while he methodically plans how he will gut you.

Those were the first nice words anyone had said about Mr. Muhammad, 41, an Army veteran accused of methodically planning a shooting rampage that killed 10 people.

These druids were methodically planning death.

"Yet, instead of joining them in heaven or turning himself in, he chose to methodically plan his escape and create a new life."

"Whether there's more to it or not, traditional scientific practice has not evolved ways of planning methodically towards specified goals," Simpson insisted.

Well turned out, even stylish, they planned methodically, casing banks for days, mixing in with the locals to avoid attracting attention.