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    course content by P. F. Anderson, pfa@umich.edu,
    presented by P. F. Anderson and Karen Reiman-Sendi.

More Tips (Refine Your Search): Compare Results

Tips: Basics | "1" | (2) | 3=OR | 4=site | 5=filetype | +6 | -7 | ~8 |
More Tips (Refinements): Compare | Truncate | Terms | Quality | Features | Features 2 | Expert | Redux

Find out by comparing! Which search engine has best results? Which ranks results best?
NOTE: In these examples, first page of results or first dozen results are often similar, with more significant differences appearing deeper into the list.

Try several search engines for richest results.

Tips: Basics | "1" | (2) | 3=OR | 4=site | 5=filetype | +6 | -7 | ~8 |
More Tips (Refinements): Compare | Truncate | Terms | Quality | Features | Features 2 | Expert | Redux

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"Second, gather all the information you can. ... Make sure you have considered every possibility and when you have all the possibilities in front of you, then analyze each one to see what's good and bad about your choices, your variety of choices, and then compete them against each other to see which one makes the most sense. ... Get all of the information you can and do it analytically, but when you're really not sure at the end of it all, and you're looking for that last little thing that says to you, 'do this, not that.' That's the time when you use your instinct, what feels right." -- Powell, Colin. "Remarks to Bosnian Youth." URL: http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/34833.htm
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