Whenever I use Google, a simple search with no more than a couple of keywords is usually sufficient to bring up more information (usually in the form of millions of hits) than a mere mortal would ever need to know. Recently however, it has come to my attention that Google provides numerous ways to refine one's search for information on any given topic. In fact, today, I took the liberty of experimenting with just how concise a search on Google could be.
With said goal in mind, I searched "fiscal cliff" and was informed that Google had found 757 million results in a mere fraction of a second. By merely adding "2013"(the year in which the fiscal cliff in question is reached), however, the herd of results was thinned out to a mere 175 million. Encouraged by this, I hurriedly added "partisan policy positions" and the number of results was further reduced to 926,000. Given that books are often deemed reliable sources, I finally limited the search to books and was greeted with a short (relatively) list of 421 results.
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