The news of the imminent announcement broke when he was enjoying a private buffet lunch given by Anglesey Borough Council after completing three engagements.

"Stay tuned for an imminent announcement," he said.

"I am awaiting the imminent announcement of a major Pepsi tie-in with the Martians any day now," said Jesse Meyers, founding publisher of Beverage Digest.

Employees, faced with an imminent announcement of his return, which they dreaded, took advantage of a last-ditch opportunity to tell what they said they had heard.

Olympia Snowe, the pro-choice Republican Senator from Maine, had heard rumors Friday morning of an imminent announcement about her party's abortion plank.

The senator's spokesman, David Wald, declined to comment on reports of an imminent announcement.

The attention has turned instead to the imminent announcement of the identity of the nominee to fill the second vacancy to the court, a senior Democrat said.

The Yankees said yesterday that they had no imminent announcements, but they were busy scrambling to dress up today's event with star quality.

The Washington Post goes with the president's imminent announcement of religion guidelines for the federal workplace.

The imminent announcement of a consultation on the government's Green Deal, which aims to help you make your home more energy-efficient, should provide an added incentive.