How can I disable "search as you type" in Finder windows?

I have used OS X since it first came out and have upgraded to each version since then.  I am now on Lion.  I have endured "search as you type" for as long as it has been a "feature" and I must say that I am fed up with it, mainly because it slows me down.  It makes the computer "get in my way," which is the very anathema Steve Jobs sought to destroy with Apple.  My Mac should be a friendly tool that doesn't get in my way.  Most of the time it is, but not when it comes to Finder searches.
Toward that end I wish to disable "search as you type" (or whatever the offical name for it is).  More specifically, I want to disable it in the search bar in the upper right corner of Finder windows. 
I don't care about the Spotlight menu in the menubar, as I never use that and don't want to train myself to use it.  And I refuse to use an alternative search utility to Spotlight.  I want to use the search field in the upper right corner of Finder windows, AND NOTHING ELSE.  But at the same time, I want to kill "search as you type."  I want to be able to type as fast or slow as I like and have my computer not search for anything at all until I hit RETURN.  I don't want to argue about it.  That is the way I want it.  And again, I don't want to use a 3rd part utility, no matter how glorious some people may say they are because I stubbornly want to use the search bar atop every Finder window EXCLUSIVELY.
Therefore, is there some Terminal hack to accomplish this feat?  If so, what is it?
Many thanks for your time.  I look forward to hearing your solutions.
--James Wages

Having posted the initial question more than 1 week ago now, I must say that I am quite shocked and dismayed that not a single experienced individual among us in these forums has the knowledge to even approach my question!  Not even a reply to say "it cannot be done"!  Forgive me for being brash.  But is everyone on vacation? Or does no one know?  Or is everyone truly apathetic toward the existing functionality?
If our computers were so lightning  fast that "search as you type" was instantaneous (i.e., displayed results a 50ms or so, and faster than I could notice such that my fingers were not slowed down at all as I type), I wouldn't have taken time to write about this.  But I put forth the initial question because of the inherent slowness of "search as you type" and therefore I wish to know how one would go about disabling it on an OS level (i.e., without having to resort to a third party app).
I look forward to your insightful replies!
Thank you.

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