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To: 2sheep
Does this reporter know what the word ``requiem'' means?
3 posted on 11/23/2002 2:59:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Perhaps he did.  Idols are dying.

requiem (rèk´wê-em, rê´kwê-) noun
1. Requiem Roman Catholic Church. a. A mass for a deceased person. b. A musical composition for such a mass.
2. A hymn, composition, or service for the dead.
[Middle English, from Latin, accusative of requiês, rest, the first word of the mass for the dead : re-, re- + quiês, quiet.]

4 posted on 11/23/2002 3:09:55 AM PST by 2sheep
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