European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fiction 1 september by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 1 weeks on list 3 2 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum. Last week 2 weeks on list 8 3 of the places you i go by or. Seuss last week 3 weeks on list 11 4 Skinny legs and a by Tom bobbins last week 4 weeks on list 3 5 masquerade by Janet Dailey last week 5 weeks on list 5 6 the evening news by Arthur Hailey last week 6 weeks on list 4 7 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy last week. 7 weeks on list 36 8 a is for Gumshoe by sue Grafton last week weeks on list 1 g the Gold coast last week 14 weeks on list 2 10 devices and desires by . James last week 10 weeks on list 15 non fiction 1 men at work by George f. Will last week 1 weeks on list 4 2 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene last week 2 weeks on list 15 3 head first by Norman cousins last week 3 weeks on list 13 4 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. Last week 4 weeks on list 15 5 Means of ascent by Robert a. Caro last week 2 weeks on list 7 6ii was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum last week 6 weeks on list 33 7 liar s poker by Michael Lewis last week 7 weeks on list 26 8 in the Arena by Richard Nixon last week 11 weeks on list 2 9 parting with illusions by Vladimir Pozner last week 9 weeks on list 8 10 legacies by Betty Bao lord last week weeks on list 1 paperback fiction 1 the servants of Twilight by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 2 2 the negotiator by Frederick Forsyth weeks on list 5 3 red Phoenix by Larry Bond weeks on list 1 4 almost heaven by Judith Mcnaught weeks on list 5 5 rivals by Janet Dailey weeks on list 7 6 the Hunt for red october by Tom Clancy weeks on list 108 7 Rainbow in the Mist by Phyllis a. Whitney weeks on list 2 8 a prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving weeks on list 1 9 of is for fugitive by sue Grafton weeks on list 2 10 teenage mutant ninja turtles by . Miller weeks on list 4 paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 24 2 the lives and loves of new kids on the Block by Jill Matthews weeks on list 5 3 new kids on the Block scrapbook by Grace Catalano weeks on list 3 4 Doc by Jack Olsen weeks on list 2 5 summer of 49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 5 6 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on 1 funny you Don t look like a grandmother by Lois Wyse weeks on list 1 8 love Medicine & miracles by Bernie s. Siegel weeks on list 10 9 new kids on the Block by Grace Catalano weeks on list 21 10 daddy s girl by Clifford Irving weeks on list 6 paperback miscellaneous 1 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 2 2 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 7 3 50 simple things kids can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 2 4 co dependents no More by Melanie Beattie weeks on list 87 5 Happy trails by Berke breathed weeks on list 7 compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 stand by Stephen King 2 september by Rosamunde Pilcher 3 Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum 4 of the places you la go by or. Seuss 5 masquerade by Janet Dailey 6 devices and desires by . James 7 scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks 8 the bad place by Dean Koontz 9 bitter Sweet by Lavyrle Spencer 10 Bright Star by Harold Coyle non fiction 1 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene 2 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough 3 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 4 liar s poker by Michael Lewis 5 what i saw at the revolution by Peggy Noonan 6 cuckoo s egg by Clifford stall 7 great Waldo search by Martin Handford 8 secrets about men every woman should know by Barbara de Angelis g beware the naked Man who offers you his shirt by Harvey Mackey 10 spy who went dancing by Aline countess of roman ones casual speech is not a crime James j. Kilpatr1ck Universal press Syndicate the court of peeves irks and Crotchet is in order. The first complaint comes from Sam sullen Bergerot Christiansburg Ohio. Heis irked by for  it seems to me that free is free. One May be Able to get something for 10 cents or for $10, but can hardly get it for free. Where would he get the free the gentleman s Point is Well taken. His complaint is sustained but because it lies in with other items on the docket the court will Call Robert m. Rubin of Tampa fla., to address a general observation unfortunately something new is slowly creeping into newspapers colloquialisms and Street idioms. I find it rather disturbing when i read news stories not columns or editorials that use these  John Giba of Tequesta fla., provides an example i m looking to buy a Laptop com Puter for my  his objection is to looking to As a substitute for  k. Sutton of Natchitoches la., provides an other example All of a  Here the complaint is that there is no such thing As a  . Curtis of North Palm Beach fla., brings to court a familiar complaint the overuse of the verb get " a Story about the ingenious devices used by students seeking admission to College stated that Penn s got ten a Boomerang with the University s Seal carved on the  the complainant might also have cited a recent president Bush press conference in which he said we be got problems in this hemisphere that i want to discuss. I be got to let members of Congress speak for them selves. I be got to make that Point Over and Over again what the court sees in the several petitions is the distinction Between casual speech and formal writing. In casual speech there s Noth ing horribly wrong with for  it s Slang. Its jocularity has worn thin. Neither can the court get wildly upset about looking to and All of a  these Are venerable Idi oms. It would be tidier if the president would say that we have problems and we must first know but there s a difference Between a casual press conference and a formal message to a joint session of Congress. Our language would lose much of its Charm and texture if colloquial speech were banned. Let s just keep casual expressions where they belong. . Sass of Renton wash., complains of a verb used by Frank Wetzel ombudsman of the Seattle times. Wetzel wrote that a staffer messaged a note to him. This is a verb of venerable provenance dating from 1583, but it seems to have fallen so far out of favor that neither american heritage nor random House lists it. In the news business and in the armed forces to message is commonplace. The court dismisses the complaint and announces a week s recess. May 6,1990 sunday Page 9