In the end, eurozone governments were terrified that if lenders to Spanish and Irish banks were punished, there would be a devastating domino effect of withdrawals of funds from banks in other weaker economies - a domino effect that would jeopardise the survival of the eurozone.
Meanwhile, in the South, watch for a zero-income-tax domino effect.
This lower price has a positive domino effect on five-year ownership, allowing for lower depreciation, finance and other associated costs.
In a highly interdependent world, such an event could fuel a domino (Lehman-style) effect, with big losses for major credit institutions.
Robinson said if his theory is correct, the domino effect is mind-boggling.
This has created a domino effect in ramping-up all-round interest in the subject and has social and political circles abuzz with talks on the subject.
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Without this safety valve, generators would overload and begin shutting down to avoid damage, risking a domino effect of a region-wide outage.
But the larger danger of password insecurity and increased cyber-malice is the swift domino effect that can lead to identity theft of the Mat Honan variety.
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As nobody really believes that Chrysler has a long-term future, it is pinning its hopes of a bail-out on the potential domino effect of letting it go when GM and Ford are in such a fragile state.
As nobody really believes that Chrysler has a long-term future anyway, it is pinning its hopes of a bail-out on the potential domino effect of letting it go when GM and Ford are in such a fragile condition.
Germany, Europe's largest economy, fears that a Greek exit from the eurozone could lead to a domino effect in which other massively-indebted countries -- Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy -- may pull out from the common currency, leading to the breakup of the eurozone.
Influences contributing to the decline include soft Chinese economic data overnight, worries that any selling of Cypriot gold to help fund a bailout will create a domino effect in which other debt-plagued European nations have to sell as well, plus a strong U.S. stock market so far this year that has taken away safe-haven demand for gold.
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In either case, there is a domino effect of Ahmadinejad's weakened second-term presidency in the region.
Other complaints include that the series of downgrades spreads fear of a domino effect across Europe that could cause a double-dip in EU economies.
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Germany is concerned that a Greek exit from the eurozone could lead to a domino effect, whereby a number of indebted nations -- including Ireland, Portugal and potentially Spain and Italy -- may be forced to withdraw from the common currency, which could lead to a full break-up of the monetary union.
If someone had predicted six months ago that the self-immolation of a Tunisian merchant would lead to a domino effect of established Middle Eastern regimes collapsing in Tunisia and Egypt, and wobbling in Bahrain, Jordan, Syria and Yemen, we would have written him off as a conspiracy theorist.
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Andy Walker, of wellbeing and health organisation Our Life, said he hoped a by-law in Greater Manchester would be passed and create a "domino effect" nationally.
The Uzbek government hopes that playing up fears of an Islamic domino effect in Central Asia and renewing links with Russia will make America re-engage.
"I think it will be a domino effect, " said Richard Bronson, a former casino executive who now owns a firm pushing for online-gambling legislation in statehouses.
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