He said that salt may have a similar effect to other factors such as smoking and sunlight, which alter the odds of getting the disease.

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The latest development allows geophysicists to tweak algorithms on the fly--in effect, adding a little more salt here or more sandstone there to see if it helps to smooth out the image.

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In a study in 1992 by the CSIRO's Sensory Research Centre, scientists looked at the effect of capsaicin on the response to solutions containing either sugar or salt.

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The bad news is that there are persistent leaks to the effect that these Shermanesque statements are to be taken with the same grain of salt as Mr. Bush's declared determination pre-election to keep Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon for the duration of his term.

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In recent years commentators have noted the existence of the so-called Delia Effect, whereby her endorsement of a food product or cooking utensil, be it sea salt, vegetable bouillon or a balloon whisk, sees shoppers falling over themselves in a buying frenzy.

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