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Poster:	MPDMedia	Date:	Dec 19, 2023 2:43pm
Forum:	texts	Subject:	Re: Do Boolean expressions work in text search?

Random test using separate data

https://archive.org/details/pub_new-york-times?query=%22humongous%22&sin=TXT
brings up only one entry from 1985
https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_the-new-york-times_1985-09-01_134_contents?q=%22humongous%22

https://archive.org/details/pub_new-york-times?query=%22congressional%22&sin=TXT
on the other hand, this word brings up 11,025 results, including the one from Sept 1, 1985
https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_the-new-york-times_1985-09-01_134_contents?q=%22congressional%22

Weird. I've had similar problems doing Boolean searches here. Sometimes they work, sometimes nada.