And no discerning political campaign is worth its salt without a launch video.

BBC: Scotland politics

For some, that is another reason to take this first estimate with an extra dose of salt: service sector output is especially hard to measure accurately, even without all these special factors being thrown into the mix.

BBC: A special recovery

Without the benefit of physical evidence we'd take those with a huge grain of salt, but we'll obviously be ready for anything.

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"This suggests that those without technical skills that are currently in demand could be frozen out of the workforce, " John Salt, director of Totaljobs, told the BBC.

BBC: Unemployment set to rise in 2012, suggests CIPD

As impressive as they have looked during their most recent streak, in which they've played solid defense without anchor Tyson Chandler, the Knicks' past four wins have to be taken with a grain of salt.

WSJ: The Knicks' Challenging Homestretch

Founded by a guy named Mark Newman when he was just 20 years old and fresh out of Westminster college in Salt Lake City, HireVue provides one-way video interviews where candidates respond to pre-set questions without a live person on the other side.

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