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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But what happened next was a shock: Walmart found that 40 percent of the transplants recommended to the employees were, in fact, unnecessary.
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If, as I mentioned on Friday, the latest EU council has failed to solve the eurozone debt crisis in a sustainable way, what could shock eurozone governments into effective evasive action - or, in a worst case, be the explosion that causes the disintegration of the eurozone?
Yet many individual investors who think they own actual gold could be in for a shock because what they own is a pretty good promise, but definitely not the real deal.
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.
What did come as something of a shock, however, was the exclusion of Paul Collingwood, despite the poor batting form of England's Twenty20 captain.
What also shouldn't come as a shock, is that the boon in connectivity is also being pushed by the broader availability of 3G data connections.
What a trapeze act inspires is fear, shock and (hopefully) relief.
They remained huddled together in a tent, in shock over what had happened.
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For those who knew him, and knew him well, it was what could only be called a complete and utter shock.
The Admiral's assignment to Centcom commander came as a shock to those who had observed what some called his "toxic leadership" in the Pacific Command.
If any of these comes as a shock or an exaggeration, well, what did you expect?
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For my story in the current issue of Forbes (dated June 27) on what to do if you get a real estate tax bill shock, click here.
"What's happening at Portsmouth now is less of a shock to me than it was seeing where they got to originally and how much they spent to do so, " said former Portsmouth striker and player-manager Steve Claridge.
What might explain such a downturn and are we in for another shock?
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Of course, the people I spoke with over the next several days shared a general and growing shock as we began to realize what had happened, how deep the wound was.
It came as a horrible shock to me, and so I realized: What am I?
The result provided shock in some quarters, but what would it be without a bit of controversy.
After recovering from the shock of what had happened, Tom was quickly picked up by a competitor and was soon leading successful product development teams again.
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The risks of such a shock, given America's already weak economy, were chiefly what tipped the White House towards action.
Although Portugal and Ireland might well have what it takes to stay in the system as it stands, the seismic shock of a Greek exit could ruin that.
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In fact what you would need was something close to double-digit inflation for a couple of years: an inflation "shock" that really gets you started.
It tested what would happen if a person in a position of authority ordered a subject to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person, would the subject follow orders?
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The Olympus Stylus Mju 725 sw, a 7.1 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5-inch LCD that's both shock and waterproof (that's what the "SW" stands for).
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