European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bestseller fiction 1 four past Midnight by Stephen King last week 1 weeks on list 5 2 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 2 weeks on list 8 3 lady Boss by Jackie Collins last week 9 weeks on list 2 4 the general in his labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez last week 3 weeks on list 4 5 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week 4 weeks on list 18 6 hocus pocus by Kurt Vonnegut last week 5 weeks on list 4 7 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 11 weeks on list 34 8 surrender the Pink by Carrie Fisher last week 6 weeks on list 3 9 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford last week 8 weeks on list 10 10 the stand by Stephen King last week 12 weeks on list 23 non-fiction1 by Way of deception by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy last week 1 weeks on list 2 2 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush last week 2 weeks on list 3 3 the civil War by Geoffrey c. Ward with Ric Burns first week on list 4 get to the heart by Barbara Mandrell with George Vecsey last week 3 weeks on list 4 5 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen last week 6 weeks on list 11 6 darkness visible by William Styron last week 4 weeks on list 6 7 bootleggers boy by Barry Switzer with Bud Shrake last week 5 weeks on list 5 8 now you know by Kitty Dukakis with Jane Scovell last week 7 weeks on list 4 9 Friday night lights by . Bissinger last week 13 weeks on list 2 10 Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen last week 11 weeks on list 7 paperback fiction 1 the dark half by Stephen King weeks on list 3 2 presumed innocent by Scott Turow weeks on list 46 3 postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher weeks on list 3 4 the minotaur by Stephen Coonts weeks on list 2 5 California Gold by John Jakes weeks on list 2 6 so worthy my love by Kathleen e. Woodiwiss weeks on list 14 7 oldest living Confederate woman tells All by Allan Gurganus weeks on list 3 8 the secret diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch weeks on list 2 9 enemy unseen by . Mitchell first week on list 10 the pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett weeks on list 12 paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 47 2 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 364 3 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 9 4 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 19 5 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 5 6 among schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder weeks on list 5 7 i want to grow hair i want to grow up i want to go to Boise by Erma Bombeck weeks on list 7 8 exit the rainmaker by Jonathan Coleman weeks on list 2 9 liars poker by Michael Lewis weeks on list 3 10 love Medicine and miracles by Bernie s. Seigert weeks on list 112 paperback miscellaneous1 the authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson weeks on list 3 2 toxic parents by Susan Forward and Craig Buck weeks on list 4 3 codependent no More by Melody Beattie weeks on list 110 4 the old Farmers almanac 1991 by Yankee publishing first week on list 5 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 23 compiled by the new York time 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 lady Boss by Jackie Collins 5 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford 6 hocus pocus by Kurt Vonnegut 7 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow 8 under siege by Stephen Coontz 9 Star trek prime directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves Stevens 10 the stand by Stephen King non fiction 1 Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen 2 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry 3 peril and Promise by John Chancellor 4 the politics of the Rich and poor by Kenneth Phillips 5 wealth without risk by Charles j. Givens 6 men at work by George will 7 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Petre 8 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum 9 whereas Waldo by Martin Handford 10 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar put an end to unneeded words James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate. The . Supreme court has begun its october term. Inspired by that High example the court of peeves irks and Crotchet declares itself in session and Calls the first plaintiff Jack Belck of mount pleasant Mich. He is peeved by redundancies. It is a waste of words says the complainant to use two or More words where one will do the Job. He objects to  space grabbers As physical exercise free gift past experience past history future plans physical appearance and physical violence. He asks the court to condemn revert Back report Back cancel out financial deficit and that Golden Oldie a at this Point in  in the same vein George . Sites of Evergreen colo., asks a ruling on a met up with a As in a City officials met up with the slumlords  a Reader from West Terre haute ind., inquired months ago about a free up a As in a reductions in the defense budget will free up Money for social  a letter from Richmond va., complains about a sports headline a questions at tech still mounting  Down with the up the officials met with the offenders and the defense reductions will free funds. Words Are too precious to waste. The court willingly Grants an injunction against redundancy not that it will do much Good but its Worth a try. The Christian science Monitor has applauded a the downward decline in unemployment. The associated press has Given us a Forward  the Indianapolis Star reported that a 60-year-old Man a suffocated himself  in the Sun news of Myrtle Beach s.c., a customer a frequented the store  a Pargh we must prune the luxuriant vines of our prose. Meanwhile Jan Garvey of South Bend ind., asks an injunction against the intrusive Hyphen. She cites a sign outside a Sears store a pc analog order  she has seen hyphens wedge themselves into setup blueprint and shutdown. The court Grants the motion and remarks that the trend for some years has been to drop hyphens in most compound constructions. The preferred Spellings these Days give us underdeveloped underexposed overabundance overconfident and extracurricular. The a a Well words still take a Hyphen a Well advised Well bred Well heeled a and on the Diamond a triple is an extra base hit. Ted Haines of Tampa fla., is irked by the phrase a life and death situation. The a and a he contends is absurd. An emergency situation is life or death but not both. Similarly if a Tornado threatens it cannot be a a hit and miss forecast. The storm will hit or miss. Objection sustained. Enough for now. The court has tired from All this thinking. It will resume next week with More complaints. 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