European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                W-7 bestsellers fiction 1 the Burden of proof by so i Turow  .1 weeks on list 9. 2 message from Nam by Danielle steel last week 2 weeks on list 8 3 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman last week 3 weeks on list 6 4 september by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 5 weeks on list 17 5. The women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford last week not ranked weeks on list 1 6 the stand by Stephen King last week 4 weeks on list 14. 7 of the places you la go by or Seuss last week 7 weeks on list 25 .8 stardust by Robert b. Parker last week 6 weeks on list 3 9 an inconvenient woman by Dominick Dunne last week 9 weeks on list 1.4 " 10 dragon by Clive Cussler last week 10 weeks on list 14 non fiction 1 men at work by George f. Will last week 1 weeks on list 18 2 the politics of Rich and poor by Kevin Phillips last week 6 weeks on list 2 3 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry last week 2 weeks on list 11 4 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar last week 4 weeks on list 29 5 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene last week 3 weeks on list 29 6 it was on fire when i Lay Down on i by Robert Fulghum last week 7 weeks on list 47 7 father son & co. By Thomas a Watson or. And Peter Petre last week 5 weeks on list 10 8 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen last week 11 weeks on list 2 9 Captain sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice last week 9 weeks on list 6 10 behind the mask by Dave Pallone with Alan. Steinberg last week 8 weeks on list 5 paperback fiction 1 Clear and present danger by Tom c Ancy weeks on list 3 2 presumed innocent by Scott Turow week on list 36. 3 the pillars of the Earth by Ken foiled weeks on list 2 4 while my pretty one sleeps by Mary i Liggins Clark weeks on list 6 5 blessings by Belva Plain weeks on Lici 5 6 the Joy Luck club by  Tan weeks on list 11 7 rightfully mine by Doris Toftman weeks on list 3 8 Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith weeks on list 5 9 Garden of lies by e Een go  week on list 7 10 the Russia House by Johi to Carre week on list 7 paperback non fiction 1 it s always something by Gilda Radnor weeks on list 6 2 when Rabbit howls by to did Cha in on list 9 3 a i realty need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Tonc it re i n v.r1--. A37 4 a Brief history of time or j yes in 9 5 the Road Les travel m weeks on list 354. 6 a woman named Jackie by c. David Heymann. Weeks on list 11 6 our Story new kids on the Block weeks on list 6 8 summer of 49 by David. Halberstam weeks on list 17 9 so dds fury by Leslie Walker weeks on list 1 10 love mid nine and miracles by Bernie s. Gel weeks on list 107 paperback miscellaneous 1 Rand m Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 24 2 codependent no More by me Anie Beattie weeks on list 100 3 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 20 4 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 26 5 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 13 compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 message for Nam by Daniee steel 2jth3  by Stephen King. 3 dragon by Clive Chasler 4 the Burden of p oof by Scott Turow 5 Bright Star by Harold Coy a 6 the bad place by Dean Koor a 7 the outlaws of Mesquite by Louis l amour 8 the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Indium 9 steel Tiger by Mark Berent 10 purpose of evasion by Greg  non fiction 1 wealth without risk by Cha & Gen 2 men Al work by George w. I 3 Dave Barry turns 40 by da.2 Bay 4 father son Aid co. By thoth j. Wat on or and Peter pee 5 Don t shoot it s Only me by Bob 1 Ope with Melville Shavelson 6 it was on firs  i Lay Down on a by Robert Al Glen 7 barbarians at the Fiala re a 8 head Jtb a .-v.-r.co-. 9 where s wa3 o a y. ". J 10 i e a View s n r i new c leg d ii or Ary a number of complaints James j. Kilpatrick the court of peeves Crotch land irks is Back in  be seated and listen to litigant Maurice Hall of Seattle who wishes that newspapers would use figures for numbers below 10 As Well As for numbers above 10. The court pleads want of jurisdiction. Individual publishers and editors fix their own rules of style on numbers. On some papers it s a five year old child yet a "5 percent gain in Bank de posits. Basketball stories May refer to a three Point Lead and a "3-Point Field goal in the same paragraph. The con Gressional record uses figures for almost everything and the new yorker spells out even Large numbers. Writers and readers must accept such rules of style As they find them. Today s docket is crowded with questions of number. George m. Wagner of Lewiston n.y., asks if it is Correct to say the philippine islands have lots of carabao or if it would be More Correct to say the philippine. Islands has lots of  after All the gentleman contends philippine islands is no More plural than the United  the court is in doubt and seeks advice. In the Constitution the court notes the United states consistently is treated As a plural noun e.g., treason against the United states shall consist in levying War against them or in adhering to their  Case continued. Next up Sloan o Donne of Vero Beach fla., who complains of a local Fea Ture writer who links the collective noun slew to a singular verb e.g., there s a slew of Thrift shops in Vero  the court waffles on this one. If we Are to use the noun at All let the sound of the sentence control the number there is a slew of shops in but a slew of shops Are. The court notes that slew comes from the gaelic Slaugh but frankly my dears the court does t give a Damn. Singular or plural As slew or slue the noun has an adolescent ring. Away with it finally Nestor Perala of Portland ore., challenges a sentence in the Orego Nian in a Story about beggar s tick Marsh the Marsh the majority of which is covered by slip of Lake i i in an unincorporated  the court rules without hesitation against the use of majority in this sense. Majorities have to do with num Bers e.g., a majority of voters a 2-to-1 majority and so on. The sentence should have read the Marsh the greater part of which. Weary from dhper., a i a i a e court pleads for one in Are. Re j i a " a u i my ing up its rein to co. J you Are i Senss \1 until next