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The 'v' in AltaVista needs to be capitalized, and you should be good to go. (With the exception that the commas aren't stripped.) There's an example of how to do that in this thread by Anonymous Monk Chris.

I don't know what you plan on doing, but I typically strip commas right away -- they're nothing but trouble.

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by Anonymous Monk on Mar 17, 2004 at 16:42 UTC
    Okay, the capital V made it work.. That was a "DUH!" I should have caught. But I don't see why you said "but I typically strip out commas right away -- they're nothing but trouble". What harm could a comma possibly do when it's between quotes? It's interpreted as nothing more than text.

    Thanks for your help!

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