disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the same generation; coeval
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
atrocious crime; heinous crime
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
mass communication; mass media
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to arouse criticism; to provoke; to cause a controversy; to give rise to hostile comment
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
such ... as; or some such
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to get change back; to be more than enough
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)