The first American bicycle craze (velocipedomania) was inspired by news from Paris.
But the story, inspired by news accounts, still packs plenty of punch.
Since her escape, the cobra had inspired feverish news coverage and a wildly popular fake Twitter feed, @BronxZoosCobra.
Mr. Coley, known as Teddy, is a peppery gent who once inspired a news article with the headline: "Rabbit Farmer Hopping Mad".
Mr. Grace's script was inspired by news reports that Mr. Mugabe sought counsel from a white psychiatrist during a bout of depression.
Ms. Cutler has identified one picture, of figures huddled in boats, as inspired by news reports of the hunt for Saddam Hussein.
That is the premise of Fraser Grace's trenchant, magnificently acted play, inspired by news reports that Mr. Mugabe did seek counsel from a white psychiatrist despite his lifelong image as one opposed to white authority figures.
The Italian company also made "Operation: Pedopriest," inspired by news reports of alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse by priests, and most recently "Unmanned," about a soldier who remotely drops bombs on enemy zones.
Overall investors paused for breath after last week's rises, which had been inspired by news of a further round of quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve and an easing of Spanish and Italian bond yields.
They also said that the woman had been inspired by news reports about Roberto Cercelletta, a mentally unstable man who had regularly plundered the pool beneath the fountains for 34 years.
Images of the strikes, aired via both social and mainstream media, meant millions of workers could gradually overcome their fears, and organise protests inspired by news of victories of strikes in other sectors.
