"It's a really big shock, " Damien Comolli, former Director of Football at AS Monaco, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham told CNN.
As the big shock to confidence recedes and people become less worried about the economic outlook, precautionary saving may become less intense.
"I was expecting just a click, but the force when it went off was a big shock to the system, " Ranger Barry said.
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Crystal Lancaster, who lives next door to the tan, stucco home, said it was "a big shock" to hear Dorner was the subject of a manhunt.
She said the win had come as "a big shock" to her and her family and asked the media to give them "space and privacy to absorb the implications".
It may not sound like a big shock but it was: the government announced it would borrow about the same amount in this financial year as it did last year.
While the threat of a bonus clampdown has been hanging over the City for almost a year, the severity of the overall package will come as a big shock, especially given the lack of significant exemptions.
The big shock:Irwin Jacobs named his son, then age 32 and with all of five years of experience in the working world, to run the new venture, passing over Richard Kornfeld, a senior manager, who quit shortly afterward.
In a correction, housing prices are likely to revert to the mean, economists say, potentially a big shock to home owners and investors who have grown accustomed to double-digit increases in property values and low interest rates that have allowed them to refinance and unlock more of the equity in their homes.
They feared Thatcherism was too big a shock to the British system and trusted in the wisdom of Westminster and Whitehall.
"The smart way for the retailer to do it is to ... raise prices a little bit here, a little bit there over time so that the consumer doesn't have one big sticker shock, " says Wharton marketing professor Stephen Hoch.
The fear is that this might lead to higher inflation, and that the government's demand for funds will push up interest rates, crowd out private investment, weaken the financial system and leave the economy vulnerable if hit by a big macroeconomic shock.
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According to Bruno Sidler, the chief operating officer of CEVA, which manages logistics and freight for companies in 170 countries, European manufacturers are vulnerable to any big supply shock because they have run down their inventories over the past two years to conserve cash.
"There are very few fans in the mainland for a big-bang or shock-therapy approach, " he notes.
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He said a simple maximum charge would prevent the shock of a big bill.
"It's a shock move and a big step but one I'm delighted with, " Wigan-born Gleeson told BBC Radio 5 Live.
If things don't go well for the Mayo midfield early on, David Brady will be introduced and it wouldn't even be a shock to see the big Ballina man starting the game, as John Maughan is not averse to changing his selected line-ups.
The 33-year-old says the standards have improved and the shock results have shaken the big teams.
But Samoa could not take advantage as Tonga produced a series of big hits in defence to claim a shock victory.
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If you follow the world of designer collaborations, you know that these misses came as a bit of a shock as most previous collaborations were big hits and sold out in weeks, days and even hours.
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But like previous releases, Casio's G-Shock GB6900AA series seems to lack a big marketing push, despite its CEO's assertion that it remains a "leader in cutting-edge technology for timepieces".
The latest upheavals have come as a bit of a shock, partly because the world's big currencies have been relatively stable in recent years.
"His death has caused a very great shock to the parliament and has left a big void in public life in this country, " he told Doordarshan television.
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