The story had made national news and had become a sort of cause celebre.

这个故事在全国引起了轰动，闹的满城风雨。

Not surprisingly, this soon became a cause celebre in Italy.

毫不奇怪， 这很快成为意大利的一个著名事件。

But he can line up this material kind of relentlessly enough to make it a kind of cause celebre among conservatives.

但他可以毫不留情地整理这些材料，使其成为保守派中的名人。