Spotlight Search in Mail does not work.

I use Spotlight in Mail every day... all day. About an hour ago it just decided to stop working. Contacts, subjects, nothing returns any search results.
I have restarted, done all system updates, and repaired disk permissions. Still nothing.
Any ideas?
Using Mail on Mountain Lion.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V.
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