European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Best sell fiction 1 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 1 weeks on list 3 2 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week 2 weeks on list 13 3 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford last week 3 weeks on list 5 4 message from Nam by Danielle steel last week 4 weeks on list 12 5 the stand by Stephen King last week 5 weeks on list 18 6 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 7 weeks on list 29 7 september by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 6 weeks on list 21 8 Coyote waifs by Tony Hillerman last week 8 weeks on list 10 9 get shorty by Elmore Leonard last week 9 weeks on list 5 10 seventh heaven by Alice Hoffman last week 10 weeks on list 3 non fiction 1 Trump surviving at the top by Donald j. Trump with Charles Leerhsen last week 5 weeks on list 2 2 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen last week 3 weeks on list 6 3 the politics of Rich and poor by Kevin Phillips last week 2 weeks on list 6 4 men at work by George f. Will last week 1 weeks on list 22 5 every spy a Prince by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman last week 7 weeks on list 5 6 darkness visible by William Styron first week on list 7 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry last week 4 weeks on list 15 8 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar last week 6 weeks on list 33 9 Tom Landry by Tom Landry with Gregg Lewis last week 13 weeks on list 3 10 a natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman last week 11 weeks on list 6 paperback fiction 1 presumed innocent by Scott Turow weeks on list 41 2 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy weeks on list 8 3 the pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett weeks on list 7 4 silent partner by Jonathan Kellerman weeks on list 3 5 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 16 6 counterattack by . Griffin first week on list 7 rightfully mine by Doris Mortman weeks on list 7 8 the endearment by Lavyrle Spencer weeks on list 4 9 the renegades of pern by Anne Mccaffrey first week on list 10 the cat who talked to ghosts by Lilian Jackson first week on list paperback non fiction 1 ail i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 42 2 when Rabbit howls by Truddie Chase weeks on list 14 3 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 4 4 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 14 5 its always something by Gilda Radner weeks on list 11 6 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 359 7 i want to grow hair i want to grow up i want to go to Boise by Erma Bombeck weeks on list 2 8 the bridesmaids by Judith Balaban Quine weeks on list 4 9 among school children by Tracy Kidder first week on list 10 summer of 49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 21 paperback miscellaneous 1 codependent no More by Melody Beattie weeks on list 105 2 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 28 3 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 18 4 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 25 5 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 31 compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 four past Midnight by Stephen King 2 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 3 message from Nam by Danielle steel 4 hammerheads by dais Brown 5 the stand by Stephen King 6 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow 7 dragon by chive Cussler 8 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman 9 Bright Star by Harold Coyle 10 the bad place by Dean Koontz non fiction 1 wealth without risk by Charles j. Givens 2 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry 3 men at work by George will 4 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Petre 5 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 6 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar 7 done to shoot its Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson 8 whereas Waldo by Martin Handford 9 websters ninth new collegiate dictionary Index 10 head first by Norman Cousin what students choose to read Ever wonder what today a College students read when they Arentt Reading textbooks the chronicle of higher education prepared a Best seller list for students during the 1989-90 academic year that shows most of the Reading is not very serious stuff. The top 10 books were 1 a fall i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum. 2 a the Calvin amp Hobbes Lazy sunday books by Bill Watterson. 3 a the prehistory of the far Side by Gary Larson. 4 �?o50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group. 5 a the night of the Mary Kay commandos by Berke breathed. 6 a weirdos from another planet a by Bill Watterson. 7 a a codependent no More by Melody Beattie. 8 a a Foucault a pendulum by Umberto eco. 9 a Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy. 10 a a Cardinal in the Kremlin by Tom  err is human so look words up James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate. The writer Hasni to been bom a the Good writer that is a who does no to yearn now and then for an offbeat word. Day after Day we write the same stuff and then a Day comes As it came in March when 52 automobiles piled up in a heavy fog in Green Bay wis. The incident produced a graphic photo. The picture editor in Seattle wrote a outline Quot at least three people died in the  a but a a Melee Wasny to the word the writer wanted. It was close for a Melee can mean a a confused and tumultuous mingling As of a crowd a but a Melee in Ordinary usage is a free for All hand to hand fight. When the soccer mad hooligans of England tangle with fans in France that a a Melee. I  Ever discourage a writer from reaching out for the unusual word but let us make sure that our reach does not exceed our grasp. Before you succumb to exotic temptation remember Rule 1 look it up deference to that Rule might have helped a writer for the san Antonio express news. She wrote a Light piece about trying to get medicare a 800 number by calling promptly at 8 a.m., and she described this As a the Early Bird gets the worm  Well that a not a theorem. A theorem is an idea that is demonstrably True the word has a precise meaning in mathematics and ought to be reserved for that use. My uneasy guess is that a the Early Bird gets the worm is an aphorism a gnome or an Apo them. It might doubtfully be called an axiom or a Maxim. In certain contexts it could be a thesis which is the first stage of dialectic or perhaps a premise formula principle predication Dogma or postulate. In this instance the writer wanted no More than simple  a staff writer for the Canton Ohio repository wrote in March about a proposal by which North Canton would Annex Walsh College. The proposal was linked to certain sewerage construction. Some opposition to the sewerage seemed probable but a the most Likely protagonist Isnit Likely to oppose the annexation  protagonist the writer May have been looking for a antagonist a which is a $4.95 word for  she could have had a a opponent for 64 cents. Sometimes its Best to fight off the desire to use the Musal word and go with the simple one. In the Corpus Christi Texas caller times a headline read a More women buying weaponry As crimes against females  women Arentt exactly buying a weaponry a which is a collective noun they Are buying Plain old weapons meaning handguns. And More Power to them a and to those who use the offbeat word correctly. New Yolk ti.r.03 september 9, 1990 sunday c Page 9