To find locate any news articles discussing the United States’ defense against chemical or biological weapons attacks:
SOURCE: News Group File, Most Recent 90 Days (News / News Group File, Most Recent 90 Days)
SEARCH: national or homeland or domestic or u.s. or united states w/5 security or defense and bio! or chem! w/2 attack! or weapon
To locate transcripts of news programs James Bamford discussing his ideas on the National Security Agency:
SOURCE: Transcripts (News / Transcripts)
SEARCH: james or jim w/2 bamford and nsa or national security agency
To find newspaper articles with information on Enron executives invoking the 5th Amendment when testifying before Congress:
SOURCE: Newspaper Stories, Combined Papers (News / Newspaper Stories, Combined Papers)
SEARCH: enron w/5 executive or officer w/15 testif! /5 congress! and fifth or self-incrim!
To locate substantive magazine articles discussing the topic of the devaluation of the Argentine peso:
SOURCE: Magazine Stories, Combined (News / Magazine Stories, Combined)
SEARCH: terms (argentina and devaluation) and devalu! /10 argentin! /5 peso or currency and length >(1000)
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To get European news coverage of the implementation of the Euro on Spain:
SOURCE: European News sources (News / By Country & Region / Europe / European News sources)
SEARCH: introduc! or implement! w/5 euro w/10 spain
To locate a New York Times article that quotes Tommy Thompson making statements about smallpox vaccinations:
SOURCE: New York Times (News / By Individual Publication / N / New York Times)
SEARCH: tommy w/2 thompson w/5 spoke! or said or state! or quot! or remark! and smallpox /5 vaccine!
To locate a book review for the book: West of Kabul, East of New York:
SOURCE: Book Reviews (News / By Industry & Topic / Entertainment Arts / Book Reviews)
SEARCH: west of kabul