"It was a shock but a good shock, " said a delighted McCourt.
However a glance at Megan's Twitter account gives a sense of what a culture shock a new life at Stormont might prove for the young Sinn Fein activist.
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Pellegrini himself labeled the last 32 first leg shock a "disgrace" and received further disappointing news on Wednesday as star signing Cristiano Ronaldo was ruled out of the weekend league match against Getafe and the midweek Champions League clash with AC Milan.
Adding insult to all this injury, American executives must adjust to a shock of a more personal nature.
That would be a shock to a company accustomed to family favoritism.
But a few days later head teacher Mrs Groom received a shock when a local policeman visited the school to hand out cycling proficiency certificates.
Italy, who caused such a shock with a 2-1 win over Germany in the semifinals, responded with a pair of Antonio Cassano efforts, but with Mario Balotelli unable to make much impression they always looked second best.
In one group the rats were exposed to seven three-second tones that were immediately paired with a foot shock over a 20-minute period.
Adam Barrett headed the hosts into a shock lead from a corner, while Alex Revell also stung Petr Cech's palms.
The League Two side sensed a shock courtesy of a half-time lead given to them by Jack Compton's six-yard finish.
"It's a shock move and a big step but one I'm delighted with, " Wigan-born Gleeson told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Matt Slocum, guitarist for the Texan group said it was a "bit of a shock" when a local newspaper pointed out what was glaringly evident to more worldly listeners, even if songwriter Lee Mavers has never outlined the meaning directly.
The maintenance of the Aaa with a negative outlook into 2014 is highly unlikely unless the method adopted to achieve debt stabilization involved a large, immediate fiscal shock with a resulting unstable economic situation.
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He said a simple maximum charge would prevent the shock of a big bill.
When Brenner met him, he was in intensive care with a tracheotomy and a feeding tube, having developed septic shock from a gallbladder infection.
Of course, given Sele's 4.61 career ERA, it is a shock he even got a vote.
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In other action, Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva suffered a shock defeat which ending a six-year winning streak at Crystal Palace.
That made it a shock when ministers unveiled a huge restructuring after the election, defended with complex arguments about patient choice and bureaucratic structures.
In other words, the problem with corn, wheat, and soybean prices is the consequence of a supply shock, not a structural move in demand.
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Though it has long been suspected that Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc are related, the relationship to Sauvignon Blanc has come as a bit of a shock to those with a nose for such things.
For example, the doctor could create an asthmatic patient with chronic heart disease who is taking a handful of certain drugs and is currently experiencing anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction.
We should be very careful, at a time when the British economy is still recovering from the worst economic shock in a generation, to create a prolonged period of uncertainty.
Price told me that their collars would register a shock if the dogs crossed a buried wire.
This could be a shock for companies used to a more drawn-out process.
He gave electric shocks to people in an MRI machine, and then gave them the option of either getting an intense shock immediately or a less intense shock later.
Tom Wood gave Worcester hope of a shock when he crossed for a try but Walker missed the conversion and Staunton made him pay with a drop goal and penalty.
Even if our basic theory is that economy is elastic in response to nominal stress and plastic in response to real stress, a sudden change in rigidity combined with a large nominal shock could cause a very large plastic deformation in the economy.
And there have been better models introduced that absorb more of the shock from a hit.
Until, that is, another shock, a bolt of lightening perhaps, sends them off in another direction.
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