I want to get Benjamin Franklin, but not Benjamin Franklin Williamson,
Benjamin Franklin Jones, etc.  How can I tell Google this?  Using
this: "Benjamin Franklin" will not work; I will still get some hits
where Benjamin is the first name and Franklin is the middle name and
Williams or Jones will be the last name, or surname.

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Request for Question Clarification by byrd-ga on 09 Jul 2003 10:58 PDT

Larry,

Try using 

"benjamin franklin" -*    

There are still a very few returns like "benjamin franklin middle
school" and such, but it seems to filter out most of the incorrect
name returns.  Here's a link to the search:
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=%22benjamin+franklin%22+-*&btnG=Google+Search&lr=lang_en

If this helps, I'll be glad to post it as the answer; just let me
know.

Best of luck,
--Byrd

Another suggestion is to use "Benjamin Franklin" in association with
something that he was commonly associated with:
"Benjamin Franklin" + Philadelphia
"Benjamin Franklin" + "Continental Congress"

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA