Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007401, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:21:29 -0800

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Lolita and Pete Townshend
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EDNOTE. Some useful information.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fuller, Freda" <freda.fuller@mwsu.edu>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: Fw: Fw: Lolita and Pete Townshend


> DBJ:
>
> Re "so ubiquitous on the internet that Nabokov scholars couldn't
> help running into it by accident," most Internet Search engines work such
> that you can put a "+" in front of search terms you insist MUST be
included
> in the returned items, and a "-" in front of items you want to EXCLUDE.
>
> Example:
> +Holy +Grail -Monty -Python
>
> This isn't 100% effective but it does help a great deal. In the above
> search, for example, perhaps THOUSANDS of hits of "Monty Python" would be
> returned if you DIDN'T exclude it.
>
> Freda J. Fuller-Coursey
> Department of English
> Midwestern State University
>
>
>