Search AND "how to" exact phrase etc

the search help suggests to use " " to search for an exact phrase. this does not work. also placing AND in between two words results in a search result where all three words are highlighted. For example:
Firewire AND cable
results in a search result with either the word firewire, and, and cable in the topic. I don't want to search for AND.. and I don't want to get results with firewire OR cable. So I use the " ". But then you end up with topics with both words somewhere in the text.
terrible
Is it that difficult to have a search engine that functions like Google functions for example, or Yahoo

Hi
I can't help you re the exact phrase search..... it just doesn't work.
but Firewire && Cable does the trick for "AND" searches.
I agree, it's terrible.

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