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WHAT TO PUT IN THE SEARCH BOX
EXAMPLE FINDS Stories CONTAINING...
Iraq election the words Iraq and election.
primary OR election either the word primary or the word election
"the buck stops here" the exact phrase the buck stops here
(here buck stops) all the words buck, stops, and here in any order
primary NOT color the word primary but NOT the word color
"red st* blue" the words red and blue separated by a word beginning with st. (no naked wild cards)
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EXAMPLE SEARCH WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX (& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS)
tag=meta tags tag=meta (stories with tag containing "meta".)
title=Chicago story titles title=chicago (stories with Chicago in title.)
author=kos authors author=kos (stories by kos.)
sid=2007 story ID sid=2007 (stories with ID containing "2007", ie year of publication = 2007.)
sid="2007/1" story ID sid="2007/1" (stories with ID containing "2007/1", ie month of publication = January 2007.)
sid="2007/1/2" story ID sid="2007/1/2" (stories with ID containing "2007/1/2", ie day of publication = January 2, 2007.)
site=washingtonpost urls site=washingtonpost (stories that link to the Washington Post web site.)
images=nytimes image tags images=nytimes (stories that link to an image from The New York Times web site.)
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EXAMPLE SEARCH WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX (& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS)
author=hunter tag=(meta OR metajesus NOT troll ) author and tags for indicated text author=hunter tag=(meta OR metajesus NOT troll) (Find story by Hunter tagged "meta" or "metajesus" but not "troll".)
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