I would love to have this, too. I've always thought it was weird that Mahalo pages don't have a one of those short prescribed descriptions for Google to use. In my admittedly limited experience with the web, it seems that one of those tag description thingies definitely helps.
But hey, I don't keep up constantly with changes in how the search engines are designed to work, so maybe they aren't as useful as they once were... Where's Smartweb? :).
Awhile back, I also questioned how the search engines find and rate a page. I was told it is the inlinks that are the keywords which seemed strange to me as I am used to placing actual "keywords" on web pages. This is an excellent suggestion.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.