European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Best Sellers fiction 1 september by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 1 weeks on list 2 2 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum last week 2 weeks on list 7 3 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 3 weeks on list 10 4 Skinny legs and All by Tom Robbins last week 4 weeks on list 2 5 masquerade by Janet Dailey last week 5 weeks on list 4 a 6 the evening news by Arthur Hailey last week 6 weeks on list 3 7 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy last week 7 weeks on list 35 8 the scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks last week l 8 weeks on list 8 9 devices and desires by , James last week. 9, weeks on list 14 10 the bad place by Dean r. Koontz last week 10 weeks on list 14 non fiction 1 men at work by George will last week 1 weeks on list 5 2 Means of ascent by Robert a. Caro and John Helyar last week 2 weeks on list 5 3 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene last week 3 weeks on list 14 4 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar last week 4 weeks on list 23 5 liars poker by Michael Lewis last week 5 weeks on list 25 6 ii was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum last week 6 weeks on list 32 7 Kareem by Kareem Abdul Jabbar with mignon Mccarthy last week 7 weeks on list 3 8 what i saw at the revolution by Peggy Noonan last week 7 weeks on list 10 9 parting with illusions by Vladimir Pozner last week 9 weeks on list 7 10 a Brief history by Stephen w. Hawkins last week 10 weeks on list 106 paperback fiction 1 the servants of Twilight by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 12 the negotiator by Frederick Forsyth weeks on list 4 3 the Hunt for red october by Tom Clancy weeks on list 107. 4 almost heaven by Judith Mcnaught weeks on list 4 5 teenage mutant ninja turtles by . Hiller weeks on list 3 6 rivals by Janet Dailey weeks on list 6 7 rules of prey by John Sandford weeks on list 5 8 Star by Danielle Steele weeks on list 10 9 Rainbow in the Mist by Phyllis a. Whitney weeks on list 1. 10 stranger in Savannah by Eugenia Price weeks on list 4 paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 23 2 the lives and loves of new kids on the Block by Jill Matthews weeks on list 4 3 new kids on the Block scrapbook by Grace Catalano weeks on list 2 4 summer of �?T49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 4 5 new kids on the Block by Grace Catalano weeks on list 20. 6 daddy a girl by Clifford Irving weeks on list 5 7 a a Doc by Jack Olsen weeks on list 1 8 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 340 n 9 alone with the Devil by Ronald Markman and Dominick Bosco weeks on list 1 10 love Medicine amp miracles by Bernie Siegel weeks on list 10 f paperback miscellaneous 1 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by earthworks group weeks on list 1 2 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 6 3 50 simple things kids can do to save the Earth by earthworks group weeks on list 1 4 Happy trails by Berke breathed weeks on list 6 5 the to Factor fast diet by Martin Kassahn weeks on list 4 compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 stand by Stephen King 2 Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum 3 of the places you la go by or. Seuss 4 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy 5 devices and desires by . James 6 scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks 7 the bad place by Dean Koontz 8 bittersweet by Lavyrle Spencer 9 Bright Star by Warold Coyle 10 counterattack by . Griffin non fiction 1 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt 2 barbarians at the Gate by Byron Burrough and John Helyar. 3 it was on Fira when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 4 liars poker by Michael Lewis 5 what i saw at the revolution by Peggy Noonan 6 cuckoos egg by Clifford stall 7 spy who went dancing by Aline countess of Roma 8 secrets about men every woman should know by Barbara de Angelis g great Waldo search by Marvin Handford 10 beware of the naked Man who offers you his shirt by Harvey Mackay wordplay is not foreplay William Safire new York times the National a a the first ail sports daily newspaper distributed nationwide a kicked off recently under the Eye of Ace sportswriter Frank Deford. It appears to be a literate publication one headline in its first Issue Over a Story about the new York kicks basketball Center Patrick Ewing was a the Center is holding a an allusion to William Butler Yeats poem a the second  William a. Henry Iii a Classy writer who runs the Section proudly labelled a a press in time Magazine others Lump the print and electronic Media together under a Media but who Ever heard of a a full court Media posed this question in his coverage of the Kickoff will the Public support an All sports daily time concluded that a the National is hard to assess because it is unprecedented a one might say a whole new  now we re into a whole nother problem Parthesia accent on the Reet the greek word for a speaking boldly of something obnoxious a which can be stretched into a second sense of a excuse the  this preemptive apology one might say is a rhetorical balk. It says to the Reader a look in a going to do something egregiously Pun related or outrageously metaphor extending or simile provoking and you  Hom it against me a but for god s Sake notice it. Some speakers self conscious about humor or fearful listeners will miss their hard earned easy wit use the internal Flag at the conclusion of the thigh scratcher like the Fred Allen senator who would add a a that a a joke  the most familiar i was being funny phrase is a so to  this British ism originally meaning a in the vernacular or indigenous dialect was an aristocrats apology for 1 stooping to colourful downstairs language. In the United states it remains a Staple of academics who Are Cooling their schooling so to speak. Another form of this elitist elocution sometimes used self mockingly is As they say a a a they being the less refined types. Some writers Are shy not Only about making a funny but also about appearing to be too literate or la Dida in their apology aforethought. These cringing comedians pretend to be speaking in their writing and use a us or a Era As in a some football commentators use language that or really came to play. But i say show off or shut up. Make your joke or dazzle us with your double meaning or skip rope on a trope without shyness or deprecation. But enough Forelock tugging and dirt toeing spare us protestations of a i know this is awful or rib digging reminders of get it. Wordplay is not foreplay it May cause a groan or two but wont provoke a passionate response. Man the ramparts of repartee with Stout heart persevere in your pers Flage without shame a its All Good bad Inage As it were. L