>I used "exacerbate" entirely wrongly in my recent posting on Suburban
>fledglings. The word means "make worse" and, for some bizarre reason, I
>stuck it in when I should have said alleviate, or make better. I
>apologize.

OK, apology accepted as long as you don't start apologizing for
bad puns or limericks...

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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