noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cookery/wildlife/news etc programme
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More and more people are watching cookery programmes on TV.
a news broadcast
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The BBC's evening news broadcast was interrupted.
a news show especially AmE:
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the morning news show
a news/crime/sports reporter
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He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
a news/movie/sports etc channel
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What’s on the movie channel tonight?
encouraging news
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The encouraging news is that typhoid is on the decrease.
good news
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That’s good news !
headline news
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The protests made headline news.
imposed...news blackout
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The Indian government has imposed a news blackout .
issued...news release
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The University has issued a news release announcing the results of their experiments.
news agency
news blackout
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As the crisis worsened, the authorities imposed a news blackout .
news blackout
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The Indian government has imposed a news blackout .
news bulletin
news conference
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The chairman told a news conference that some members of staff would lose their jobs.
news coverage
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The BBC won an award for its 24-hour news coverage.
news release
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The University has issued a news release announcing the results of their experiments.
news/sports round-up
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our Friday sports round-up
news/word spreads
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As news of his death spread, his army disintegrated.
sad news
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It was with great shock that we heard the sad news that he had died.
shocking news
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the shocking news that Mark had hanged himself
spread the news/the word
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He has been spreading the word about ways to beat heart disease.
the bearer of bad news
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news , but ...
the evening news (= the main radio or television news programme in the evening )
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There was a report about the fire on the evening news.
the morning paper/news (= that is published or broadcast in the morning )
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The story was in all the morning papers.
the news media
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Does the news media have a role in forming public opinion?
the television news
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There was nothing about it on the television news.
tidbits of...news
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juicy tidbits of hot news
up-to-date information/data/figures/news etc
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They have access to up-to-date information through a computer database.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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But before she could set off the next day, the hospital telephoned with bad news .
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The bad news is that it becomes a ruthless circle.
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But the really bad news was that the post in question was an important insurance form.
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His left hand clutches his belly, for really bad news does feel just like a kick in the belly at first.
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This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement.
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Hickey was nothing if not meticulous, and he had a flair for obscuring bad news in a fog of pieties.
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The bad news is that everyone plays victim at times.
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They had watched from a safe distance, because opposing Chun could mean only bad news .
big
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Rosy pinks, rich coppers and deep plums are the big fashion news .
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For those members to support Gingrich after his ethical lapses became such big news is the ultimate in loyalty.
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Last month it lit the fuse on one of the biggest news stories of the year.
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Critics credited big money and news media for the public apathy.
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The big news , though, was that Richard and Hudson had moved into their new flat.
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Fashion is big news , maybe the biggest news there is.
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They were big news even in the Far East.
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Thats big news where you are I suppose.
good
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They respond and, quite automatically, more join in as each traveller returns with the good news .
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After being denied a building permit in 1992, Pal and his lawyer found some good news while examining zoning regulations.
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And I have very good news .
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The good news is that there are more well-made dry kosher wines than ever before.
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The good news is that productivity is rising.
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Anyway, I have good news to report on the health-care-reform front.
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Last night the outlook was grim, but at the couple's stables near Wantage today, there's better news .
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As Ohio goes, so goes the nation, and that may be good news for President Clinton.
international
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In return, the owner normally receives two films per night, several international news broadcasts, and many popular shows.
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It appears to have done so this time only after reports of the blast began to filter out through international news agencies.
late
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Plus latest news on the big race, updated racecards, latest riding arrangements, non-runners and betting news.
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I want the latest news , the best reporting with state-of-the-art technology presented by people I can trust and respect.
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Turn to pages 6, 7 and 10 where you will find the very latest news on these exciting developments.
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Shall I tell them the latest news ?
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Items mentioned in this edition of Lyndhurst West Practical Shareware brings the latest shareware news to your fingertips every month.
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Indeed late news stories can be added just moments before the final pages go off to the printers.
local
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There are a few items of Interest, but generally, local news is scarce.
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Some of this decline is attributed to competition from cable news channels and from local news broadcasts.
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This is where reports of local horticultural societies, women's institutes, school governors, and local elections are news .
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On any given weekday night, around thirty-eight million people are watching the network news , with millions more watching local news.
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Make sure that all the local news people have the appropriate office and home phone numbers.
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The staid and once-serious network news has begun to look like glitzy local news operations.
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Its series of city stations would have concentrated on local news , films and music.
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Forget the merits of Civano for a moment, and note how badly local news has degenerated.
national
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Quite by chance, and unknown to the police, the incident was filmed and broadcast later on national television news .
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Events of this sort are reported locally, but seldom picked up by national and international news media.
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They act as a counter balance to the national and global news conveyed by the major publishing empires.
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The national news magazines have never granted her a cover story or a frill appreciation.
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Petrolia had been on the national news .
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A man saying the same makes national news .
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However, the Conservatives also predominated in both national news bulletins and in parliamentary review programmes, particularly the latter.
official
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The official news agency Tass became independent, and Gorbachev's spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko was appointed to head it.
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At home we listened to the official news , which we knew was full of propaganda.
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The official news that he was quitting came nine hours later.
welcome
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The Halifax figures, however, will be welcome news to more than a million homeowners.
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The fact that the railroad was willing to lease depot space came as welcome news .
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It comes as welcome news for around three thousand pension holders in Swindon.
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That this is also a marriage of insightful stagecraft and lustrous vocalism is the most welcome news of all.
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Newslines Newspaper accounts of the latest national round of university funding had welcome news for Bristol.
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That would be welcome news for Clippers coach Bill Fitch.
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Some of this would seem welcome news , but, once again, things seldom are as they seem.
wonderful
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It was mostly about the child and the wonderful news that he had accomplished an A and a G all by himself.
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Cassie shook her head, her mind full of his wonderful news .
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They are wonderful news for all of us.
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Female speaker It's wonderful news for the poor person.
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One day Anna came in, all emotional, but beaming this time. Wonderful news !
■ NOUN
agency
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Wei Xiaotao, his brother, told Reuters news agency .
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It appears to have done so this time only after reports of the blast began to filter out through international news agencies .
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He was also from 1978 managing director of the television news agency , Visnews.
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Receives crisp facsimile charts &038; even news agency pictures. £425.95.
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The news agency Interfax on Oct. 16 put the turnout as between 70 to 90 percent.
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The Interfax news agency reported demonstrations in St Petersburg on June 22 over access to television broadcasting.
bulletin
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The revolutionary radio stations are monitored daily and brief news bulletins circulated among the prisoners.
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When a news bulletin informed him of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, he realized that call would never come.
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So this is the first news bulletin to allocate a regular slot for science and allied matters.
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Briefing groups have been established at many locations and a news bulletin is circulated throughout the Company's businesses.
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The 8 p.m. news bulletin each evening gave prominence to presidential and governmental words and deeds.
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Radio journalists took control of news bulletins .
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I scoured the other Sunday papers, listened to every news bulletin and watched each news item on television.
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However, the Conservatives also predominated in both national news bulletins and in parliamentary review programmes, particularly the latter.
conference
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Tapie was due to give a news conference in Marseille this afternoon explaining his decision.
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The news conference in the state building was arranged by Sen.
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The date of his release had only been announced by de Klerk at a news conference on Feb. 10.
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The arrests were announced at a news conference Friday.
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Their opposition was publicised at a news conference .
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The voting irregularities were relatively minor, especially for a first-time election, Carter told a news conference .
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Don Shepperd told the news conference , referring to the fighter pilots involved in the two encounters.
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The envelope will be opened and the results made public at a news conference .
coverage
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Many sensational murder trials of the twentieth century have received extensive press notice and a few have been given saturation news coverage .
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This site has had lots of news coverage and the concept is great fun.
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Across the country, amateurs are using their lightweight, inexpensive camcorders to broaden news coverage .
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The station was being paid about $ 570,000 a month to give him the right to direct its news coverage .
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Last year also was one in which colorful news coverage was complemented by the use of color ink in our pages.
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Reporters and production crews will co-operate throughout the world with exchanges of material and daily discussions of news coverage plans.
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This expansion brings elements of Journal news coverage to an additional four million people who buy these newspapers.
evening
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She had seen him on the telly - he had been on the early evening news tooting his trumpet.
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The headline stories of newspapers are developed and reported on the evening news by general-assignment reporters.
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The nine o'clock evening news had an audience of half the population during the war, but this fell quickly in 1945.
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Usually the lines pictured on the evening news were just the ones that snaked outside store entrances.
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The result is a striking testimony to the power of television's evening news .
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I eat off stack-up plastic tables as I watch the evening news .
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Naptime was from four to five, and then he watched the evening news on television in the recreation room.
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We believe what we hear on the evening news and read in the morning paper.
item
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The ebb and flow of controversy in television news items did not produce corresponding trends in public interest and discussion.
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Already, then, before a single news item is introduced, a great deal has been communicated.
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Useful to project news items , photos, diagrams, etc and avoids the need for photocopying.
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Yet behind the positive news items were reports that showed racial violence had hardly disappeared.
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Let's take the recording task described earlier: to prepare news items for a magazine programme or news broadcast.
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The curious properties proposed for space time, apparently correctly, helped turn this result into a popular news item .
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A variety of news items were selected at different times during the three years of the survey.
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We are all familiar with news items concerning marine pollution due to oil spills.
media
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Firstly, the role of the news media in forming public opinion is very important.
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Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media .
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Mold An opportunity to gain confidence in dealing with the news media .
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Isn't it about time the news media gave us the truth about what is happening on our race tracks?
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But, in truth, entertainment is something the news media have grown increasingly comfortable with.
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The judge said his ruling in favor of the news media was subject to change.
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The news media serve a generally supportive role in most political systems.
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Events of this sort are reported locally, but seldom picked up by national and international news media .
release
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Fourth, don't always do a news release on all the grass roots activities.
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This news release is neither an offer to purchase the Notes nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes.
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Copies of the annual report, interim report and news releases are available to employees.
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Mr Wilson said in a news release .
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The ultimate pre-packaged news is the video news release .
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Three stories were quick to circulate, embellished at will with as much creativity as news releases from the Government Information Office.
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A school news release said it was for disciplinary reasons.
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Hargarten stated in a news release .
report
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According to news reports , one train had 19 coaches and the other 14, both heavily loaded.
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Ickes had to learn from news reports that his good friend had cast him out of the administration into political Siberia.
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George Herbert I still remember the strong emotions aroused in me when I read the following news report in my morning paper.
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Produced news reports have shifted from focusing on the words of candidates and political figures to concentrating on their images and actions.
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The unwanted extras who insinuate themselves into television news reports are feeble-minded males derided by right-thinking men.
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About that time, according to news reports , state corrections officials announced surprise plans to re-bid all private-prison contracts.
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It can be found in news reports and research studies.
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There is nothing new in the fact that news reports from faraway places are often wrong.
service
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But the state - indirectly - contributes over 50 percent of annual funds in the form of subscriptions paid for news services .
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There also are plans to market the news service on line.
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In other words, people dip into continuous news services and use it when they want.
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A bare handful of cable markets offer community news services , produced at the lowest possible cost.
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Orange stumped up £95 million for the Press Association's news service spin-off.
story
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Last month it lit the fuse on one of the biggest news stories of the year.
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At most major newspapers, publishers control opinion pages but leave decisions on news stories to editors.
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They sued, claiming that the news story implied, to the ordinary reader, that they were involved in fraud.
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Rarely is any news story ever underplayed.
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Photography for general news stories News of the day-to-day happenings within the organisation can be communicated with much more interest by photography.
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The lines between re-creations and reality are so muddled that some news programs have even used Hollywood films to illustrate news stories .
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Wasn't that the greatest news story of last week?
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Anti-continents, news stories began calling them.
television
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And the way that, say, television news addresses you is as a particular type of person.
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Doublespeak, purveyed through television news and cinema, invades the mind of every citizen.
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It's been on the television news and it's all over the papers this morning.
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In this view, television news should consist only of those events that would interest the audience.
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Newspapers with a significant political reporting are not widely read, whereas television news programs are often among the most-watched programs.
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This is as true of the television news show as any other form of programming.
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Nearly everyone watches television news regularly.
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Besides audio and pictures, written words are still an important element on television news .
■ VERB
break
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I think perhaps I should talk to Connor first, so he can break the news gently to Patrick and Mary.
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I broke the news to some people.
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This position is excitingly dramatised in his book, even if the abuses he rails against are not exactly breaking news .
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Janet Canterbury was in Washington that week, and Ellie called both of us into her office to break the news personally.
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None wanted to be the one to break the news .
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The donor then must meet with a counselor, who breaks the news .
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The expected violence broke out at the news of his death.
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It was at some point during this trip that she broke the news to Sam.
bring
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Wednesday brings surprise news affecting future cash decisions.
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Great-grandmother Bong-Keum waited anxiously for some one to bring news that her son was safe.
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I want to be the one to bring the news .
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This expansion brings elements of Journal news coverage to an additional four million people who buy these newspapers.
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She brought with her news of the gipsy encampment- and of Anna.
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They dreaded bringing the news to the families.
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The messenger who brought Arthur the news also carried assurances of Gwarthegydd's friendship.
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Every day brings news of breathtaking progress in science and technology that is changing the way we work and live.
greet
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Back home 2,000 fans greeted the news of the victory by throwing their hats into the air.
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The President made a rum effort at greeting her news with enthusiasm, but I could see he was crestfallen.
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And be greeted with the news in her morning newspaper, if his luck continued on its present course.
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Shelley Thomas, the recipe tester, greets him with news that the recipe really needs work.
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Such was Barlow's callous attitude to his victims that great public satisfaction greeted the news when the tables were finally turned.
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The world greeted the news as if President Tucker had reintroduced mustard gas.
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Cooke was a happier man when greeting the news that full-back Jon Webb is assured of completing the season.
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Initially, at least, they greeted the news rapturously.
hear
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Mr Flood was silent and blessed himself a great deal when he heard the news .
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Like some one who has just heard the news of a death, Tom thought.
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Typically on hearing the news of his Lions selection his first thoughts were for others.
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Dotson was on the road during the deluge, and said he couldn't believe it when he heard the news .
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What she would feel on hearing news of him he had no idea.
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People in Cheltenham weren't surprised to hear the news .
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Horton was overjoyed when he heard the news .
listen
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Countless thousands all over the globe listen to the hourly news broadcasts with interest, respect and admiration.
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He has called them here to listen to his news .
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She listened to the bad news without any noticeable reaction.
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I never read the papers very much, or listened to the news .
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Frank had no real interest in the radio, beyond sometimes listening to the sports news .
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At regular intervals, she listened to the news on the radio.
receive
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She participates in weekly, two-way audio or video conferences with her family and receives regular news reports from ground controllers.
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For this reason few receive more than local news coverage.
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Then he received further news of violence in small towns.
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Now imagine receiving the news that you have been unsuccessful ... and everyone around you standing and cheering wildly.
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One day I received news that she was to arrive from Rome that very evening.
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Carol will be happy to receive news of former students and provide information such as activities for graduates.
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This month General Magic received some bad news from its biggest investor.
spread
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These self-appointed assistants sped swiftly up and down the corridor, wakening their companions and spreading the good news .
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Everywhere, to a woman, the spreading of the news drew the same reaction.
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Mrs Baxter will spread the glad news .
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Noble bookstore in Manhattan mistakenly put the book on sale early, White House officials gleefully spread the word to news organizations.
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They picked him and one other as their prisoners, and let the others free to spread the news .
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Like their Pentecostal sisters and brothers elsewhere, they set off to spread the news .
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The beacon was lit, and answering bonfires spread the happy news throughout the Maclean lands.
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She spent five hours cuddling the baby as relatives made phone calls to spread the happy news .
tell
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I mean, if some one's in prison, they shouldn't tell people news like that.
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Moshe Yaalon, the army chief of intelligence, told a news conference.
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Wei Xiaotao, his brother, told Reuters news agency.
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Condit told a news conference Friday.
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We have learned only that he told the news , and that the people cried out in anguish.
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Our spies tells us the news director pressed the suspended Epstein for video footage, which he adamantly refused to provide.
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Anyway, tell me your news .
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A month after her second son was born she called to tell us the news .
watch
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Instead it became more dependent upon how frequently they watched television news .
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On any given weekday night, around thirty-eight million people are watching the network news , with millions more watching local news.
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The affluent viewers who watch financial news are highly prized by advertisers.
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On any given weekday night, around thirty-eight million people are watching the network news , with millions more watching local news.
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He was back at the flat in time to watch the five forty-five news .
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As he unpacked, he watched the news , Tranformer cartoons and a talk show.
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Last week Alan was not in bed at nine o'clock; he was watching the news with Geraldine.
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I eat off stack-up plastic tables as I watch the evening news .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bad news
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I have some bad news - I think the water heater's not working.
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Rich foods are bad news if you're on a diet.
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But the really bad news was that the post in question was an important insurance form.
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Clanahan gave us the worse news.
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Colin Anderson is still missing through suspension, and more bad news is that Owen Pickard is out injured.
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It's bad news, but it's true.
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Now, ten years and three children later, he is finally convinced that another mouth to feed would be bad news.
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The bad news: A concussion that left Young woozy and knocked him out of the game.
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The latest bad news came from a report released by the Book Industry Study Group.
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This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement.
front-page news/article/story etc
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A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
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If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
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If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
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It became the stuff of front-page news.
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It must have made front-page news.
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Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
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The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
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The war was no longer front-page news.
glad tidings/news
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Air traffic confirmed the glad news that one was hanging down.
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Dissension between the Peshawar politicians and the resistance commanders brings glad tidings to Kabul.
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He was one of thousands who headed south as soon as they heard the glad tidings on Monday morning.
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I come as the bearer of glad tidings.
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Instead of announcing the glad news to all the nations, Christians became smug and indolent.
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Mrs Baxter will spread the glad news.
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The next day a large medal sale continues the glad tidings with only about 8% unsold.
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Then I too broke into glad tidings and joy to the world with the crowds of believers around me.
hard news
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Its editorial integrity ought to be unassailable, at least in its hard news sections.
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Little hard news has come out of the world's biggest advertising group since it put the division on the block.
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Or will the business plan pressures for the hard news sections be solely on the side of generating readership?
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The hard news about this interview aired on Monday.
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You said that you've become identified, almost trapped as a hard news or political photographer.
power-hungry/news-hungry etc
titbit of information/gossip/news etc
yesterday's news
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By then the political scandal was already yesterday's news.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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News is coming in about an oil spill in the South Atlantic.
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Good news ! Ian passed his driving test!
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Have you heard the news about Carole?
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Have you heard the news ? Sara's going to have a baby.
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He brought the news that their father was seriously ill.
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I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.
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I've got some news for you.
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I just don't know how to break the news to Sherri. She'll be so disappointed.
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Since the news broke, hundreds of people have called with messages of support.
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Sit down and tell me all your news .
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That's great news !
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The paper was full of news about the peace negotiations.
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There hasn't been any news of him since he left home.
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They're going to appoint a new chairman - spread the news !
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We deal mainly with local news .
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Well, the bad news is that the train is delayed by an hour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Advertising made it possible for them to distribute news practically free of charge, with the profit coming from marketing.
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Baxter gave Ed the bad news .
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Clanahan gave us the worse news .
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Invariably, it appears in any news story about a violent crime in a small town or city.
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Specialist publications do not exist on articles and news that is exclusive of everything but one subject.
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Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked.