European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Bestsellers fiction 1 tha Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week-1 weeks on list 7 2 Massage from Nam by Danielle steel last week 2 weeks on list 6 3 Coyote Walts by Tony Hillerman last week 3-weeks on list 4 a 4 the stand by Stephen King last week 4 weeks on list 12 5 september by Rosamund Pilcher last week 5-weeks on list 15 8 of the place you la go by or. Seuss last. Week 6 weeks on list 23 7 dragon by Clive Cussler last week 7 weeks on list 12 8 the Bourn ultimatum by Robert Ludlum last week 9 weeks on list 20 9 an inconvenient woman by Dominick Dunne last week 8 weeks on list 12 10 Mou Nlaly Laurel by Jude Deveraux last week 10 weeks on list 3 non fiction 1 men at work by George of will last week 1 weeks on list 16. 2 Dave Barry turn 40 by Dave Barry last week 2 weeks on list 9 3 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia. Aburdene last week 4 weeks on list 27. 4 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Petre last week 4 weeks on list 7 5 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John he iyar last week 5 weeks on list 27 i Don t shoot its Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson last week 6 weeks on list 8 7 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum last week 8 weeks on list 45 8 behind the mask by David Pallone with Alan Steinberg last week 9 weeks on list 3 9 Captain sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice last week 7 weeks on list 4 10 liar poker by Michael Lewis last week 10 weeks on list 38 paperback fiction 1 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy weeks on list 2 2 presumed innocent by Scott Turow weeks on list 35 3 while my pretty one sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark weeks on list 5 4 the pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett first week on list. 5 blessings by Beiva Plain weeks on list 4 6 Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith weeks on list 4 7 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 10 8 Garden of lies by Eileen Goudge weeks on list-6 9 the Russia House by John Decarre weeks on list 6 10 capital crimes by Lawrence Sanders weeks on list 5. Paperback non fiction 1 it s always something by Gilda Radner weeks on list 5. 2 when Rabbit howls by Truddie Chase weeks on list 8 3 Alt i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert fun gum weeks on list 36 4 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 8 5 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 353 a 6 our Story new kids on the Block weeks on. List 5 a 7 a woman named Jackie by c. David Heymann weeks on list 10. 8 summer of �?T49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 16 9 love Medicine and miracles by Bernie s. Siegel weeks on list 106 10 Quot Doc by Jack Olsen weeks on list 7 paperback miscellaneous 1 codependent no More by Melanie Beallie weeks on list 99 2 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 23. 3 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 19. 4 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 12. 5 50 simple things you can do to Sava the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 25 Corr pad by he naw Yolk times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 message from Nam by Danielle steel 2 the stand by Stephen King 3 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow 4 dragon by chive Cussler 5 Bright Star by Harold Coyle 8 the bad place by Dean Koontz 7 the outlaws of Emiquita by Louis la amour 8 steel Tiger by Mark be.e.it9 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum 10 the Golden by Joseph Wambaugh non fiction 1 Man at work by George will. 2 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry 3 wealth without risk by Charles j. Givens 4 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Petre 5 Don t shoot its Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson 6 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by fun Gham. 7 websters ninth new collegiate dictionary Index 8 head first by Norman co icons 9 barbarians at the gala by Bryan Burrough and John he iyar 10 websters new world dictionary 3rd College edition keep it Short if meanings Clear James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate he new session of the court of peeves Crotchet and irks is now in session god save this honorable court and the English language. Or at least save the language. Be seated. Wilma Mccammon of Montpelier ind., complains of what she Calls Quot clipped words a and she cites by Way of example Quot bios for a biography Quot and Quot obit for obituary. These Cleave red residual hunks she fears detract from our Beautiful language. The court puts the complaint at the top of the docket for one reason it provides a fresh Opportunity to discourse upon the need of writers to know their audience. Nothing is wrong with Bob tailing a word provided one s readers know what is being Bob tailed. This is a matter of editorial judgment. Virtually everyone knows that Quot Auto Quot is Short for some lesser percentage of readers will know that Quot Condo is Short for condominium. What about such clipped words As Nitro Mayo ref ump Gas Frig Tab and Ped-x7 the court sustains the complaint and admonishes All writers never to overestimate the knowledge of a Reader. A child is bom every minute who must be educated at some Point in the meaning of info memo ammo repo Limo Typo and logo. Give the ignorant kid a break. Eleanor f. Middleton of Portland ore., lodged a complaint Many months ago against Quot All that Quot As in Quot i done to think Greta Garbo was All that great a a or Quot i done to like pumpkin pie All that sustained this is a slovenly turn of phrase that has crept into informal speech and threatens to infect the written word As Well. Away with it Willis Ralston of Las vegas is irked by the cornflakes commercial that urges Consumers to Quot taste them again for the first he finds the idea absurd. Of course it is absurd. The complaint is therefore overruled. If the writers of advertising were to be denied a right to be absurd Little would remain of advertising the whole fragile Empire of publishing would collapse. Next Case. John Holder of Lubbock Texas asks the court to condemn the use of a discrete Quot when Quot discreet Quot is intended. Condemns Tion granted a discrete thing is a separate individual distinct thing someone who is discreet is modest prudent tactful reserved. The words Are As far apart As Gentile and genteel affect and effect desert and dessert or diffuse and defuse. Watch those homophones. A crowded docket having barely been touched the court will now recess to a Date a week hence. All Rise or All sit Down. The court of peeves Crotchet and irks is not All that concerned with ceremony. July 29, 1990 sunday c
