European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fiction 1 four past Midnight by Stephen King last week 1 weeks on list 3 2 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 2 weeks on list 6 3 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week 3 weeks on list 16 4 hocus pocus by Kurt Vonnegut last week 6 weeks on list 2 5 the general in his labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez last week 10 weeks on list 2 6 the women in his life by Barbar Ataylor Bradford last week 4 weeks on list 8 7 spy sinker by Len Deighton last week 5 weeks on list 3 8 message from Nam by Danielle steel last week 7 weeks on list 15 9 the stand by Stephen King last week 8 weeks on list 21 10 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 9 weeks on list 32 non fiction 1 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush first week on list 2 get to the heart by Barbara Mandrell with George Vecsey  3 bootleggers boy by Barry Switzer with Bud Shrake last week 2 weeks on list 3 4 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen last week 4 weeks on list 9 5 darkness visible by William Styron last week 3 weeks on list 4 6 Trump surviving atthe top by Donald  with Charles Leerhsen last week 1 weeks on list 5 7 now you know by Kitty Dukakis with Jane Scovell last week 12 weeks on list 2 8 every spy a Prince by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman last week 6 weeks on list 8 9 the politics of Rich and poor by Kevin Phillips last week 5 weeks on list 9 10 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry last week 8 weeks on list 18 paperback fiction 1 the dark half by Stephen King first week on list 2 presumed innocent by Scott Turow weeks on list 44 3 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy weeks on list 11 4 the pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett weeks on list 10 5 silent partner by Jonathan Kellerman weeks on list 6 6 the old silent by Martha Grimes weeks on list 4 7 postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher first week on list 8 counterattack by . Griffin weeks on list 4 9 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 19 10 oldest living Confederate woman tells All by Allan Gurganus  paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 45 2 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 362 3 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 7 4 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 17 5 i want to grow hair i want to grow up i want to go to Boise by Erma Bombeck weeks on list 5 6 the Road from Coor Aln by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 3 7 its always something by Gilda Radner weeks on list 14 8 the bridesmaids by Judith Balaban Quine weeks on list 8 9 when Rabbit howls by Truddie Chase weeks on list 17 10 liars poker by Michael Lewis first Eikon list paperback miscellaneous 1 codependent no More by Melody Beattie weeks on list 108 2 toxic parents by Susan Forward and Craig Buck weeks on list 2 3 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 32 4 thet Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 21 5 the authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson  compiled bythe new Yor 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 Dale Brown 5 the stand by Stephen King 6 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow 7 Coyote Walts by Tony Hillerman 8 Star trek prime directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves Stevens 9 get shorty by Elmore Leonard 10 killing mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen non fiction 1 wealth without risk by Charles j. Givens 2 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry 3 men artwork by George will 4 peril and Promise by John Chancellor 5 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Petre 6 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 7 whereas Waldo by Martin Handford 8 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar 9 done to shoot its Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson 10 Webster s ninth new collegiate dictionary Index time to retire overused cliches James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate. From time to time we read of old adages old maxims old saws old bromides old fables old proverbs and especially old cliches. The thought occurs that it would be Nice to have some new cliches. By Way of example  we retire a to toe the line we ought especially to abandon the phrase when it appears As it appeared in the Indianapolis Star in a headline in july a Colts seeing who can Tow the  maybe such towing is an Indianapolis event for the Indianapolis business journal has provided the same variation on an ancient theme. In Jacksonville last year a columnist for the Florida times Union spoke of people wringing their hands. Actually she spoke of people ringing their hands but never mind i have a problem with wringing ones hands. The phrase conveys a kind of Maytag image. Of course i have a problem with a i have a problem Quot which is what a ghostwriter told Newsweek Magazine he had. A i have a problem with talented people putting words in other Peoples Mouths Quot he said. Now and then a writer attempts to dress up a cliche in the fashion of putting a hat on a mule. The Toronto Globe and mail mused that Rich Little so Lack of to Success May be the Only Fly in the impersonators  a writer for the associated press in new York did better. He spoke of Boris Yeltsin As a the gadfly in Mikhail Gorbachev a  How Long has it been since a literal Fly got in a literal Jar of ointment its been at least As Long ago As land offices did a land office business. That was when land sold like hotcakes. The cliche that really grabs me a the Way a grabs me does a a has become epidemic. In Newsweek in july Gen. Maxwell Thurman a future assignments a remained to be  on the same Page it remained to be seen if computer wizardry will work wonders at the Pentagon. Newsweek is addicted to this stupidity. After serious reflection the Magazine concluded that it remained to be seen if charges against a civil rights Leader had substance. It also remained to be seen if new jerseys takeover of Jersey City schools would solve problems. It further remained to be seen if the time Wamer merger would succeed. Would women flood rotary clubs with applications for membership this a remains to be  attention let us Ponder the undeniable imbecility of a it remains to be  the phrase is intended to be obviously profound it is in fact profoundly obvious for everything under the Moon or Sun from this millisecond Onward remains to be seen. If you would abandon a single dearly loved cliche abandon this one first of All. September 30,1990 sunday c Page 9