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United States supreme court
law of the sea
TRUNCATION
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asterisk
** for open-ended truncation.
bank* [picks up bank, banker, banking, but not
bankruptcy]
tax**
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operators.
restatement and tentative draft
(employ* or labor) and Washington State
PROXIMITY
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#" to search for words within a specific distance, in
any order
California
association within 3 law school*
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(subject),
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au:rodgers and ti:environment*
au:united states and (su:handicapped or
su:disabled)
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