Among the many outrageous aspects of that tragedy was the firepower of the weapon, which had been bought legally by his mother, Lanza's first murder victim (the Connecticut state attorney's final report is here).
It would rather be one of those genealogies full of long-forgotten passions and eccentric rivalries, of sudden shifts of outrageous fortune and tear-jerking tragedy.
It would be unfair to reveal what happens to the Lathams, other than to say that tragedy of an outrageous, almost unbelievable, dimension strikes at the heart of the family.
"Particularly in the wake of the Oct. 15 tragedy, it is outrageous that any ferry employee would fail to perform their assigned functions," Iris Weinshall, the transportation commissioner, said in a written statement, referring to the accident at a Staten Island pier last year that killed 11 people.
At the same time, we watched as Ohio prosecutor Joe Deters -- fueled by very disturbing bodycam footage of the police shooting of Samuel DuBose -- announced murder charges in the case, calling the incident "outrageous," "horrendous" and an "absolute tragedy".
The reason that tragedies, like the outrageous terrorist bombing in Boston this week, continue to take place is not because the world lacks love but rather because it doesn't have enough hate.
It is outrageous that it took a major tragedy and a City Council hearing for this information to come to light".
The mediocrity of the production is emphasized by Crudup, whose Foster is as sharp and menacing as a knife; he's a great actor joyfully working inside Pinter's outrageous humor and perverse sense of tragedy.
The production's mediocrity is only emphasized by Crudup, whose Foster is as sharp and menacing as a knife; he's a great actor joyfully working inside Pinter's outrageous humor, and perverse sense of tragedy.
The governor should know better than anyone that the tragedy is all about the outrageous abuse of children at Penn State, not continuing the business of football for Penn State fans.
