Not to beat a dead (or dying) horse here, but can't you "effect" a lot more than a cure - in fact, just about anything that implies something new or different - i.e., to effect the construction of a (new) building, implementation of a (new) policy, development of a (new) curriculum, creation of a (new) grading system, etc.? Or beyond that, how about to "effect" an accomplishment - i.e., "to effect the distribution, collection, retention, obfusacation, deletion, etc. of (FILL IN THE BLANK)." Let's not bury "effect" whlie it still can be praised! Geoff Layton >This threat got me curious as well, so I just tried googling "effect a >cure" to see what would happen, and got over 900 hits. _________________________________________________________________ Check out all that glitters with the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy Awards® http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline2 To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/