European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bestsellers fiction 1 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel last week 1. Weeks on list 7. 2 the witching hour by Anne Rice last week 2 weeks on list 4a 3 four past Midnight by Stephen King last week 3 weeks on list 12. 4 Longshot by Dick Francis last week 4 weeks on list 6 v 5 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 6 weeks on list 15. 6 lady Boss by Jackie Collins last week 5 weeks on list 9. \ 7 the Ruby Knight by David Eddings last week 7 weeks on list 3 8 dazzle by Judith Krantz first week on list 9 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week 11 weeks on list 2510 under siege by Stephen Coonts last week 8 weeks on list 7 non fiction 1 a life on the Road by Charles Kuwait last week 2 weeks on list 3 a. 2 the civil War by Geoffrey c. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns last week 1 weeks on list 8. 3 to knows to by to Jackson and Dick Schaap last week 4 weeks on list 3 a a 4 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush last week 3 weeks on list 10 _ 5 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 12 weeks on list 2 a 6 an american life by Ronald Reagan last week 8. Weeks on list 2. V by a a a a by 7 get to the heart by Barbara mandrel with George a Vecsey last week 7 weeks on list 11 8 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland armory last week 9 weeks on list 7 y. A. 9 All i really need to know i teamed in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum last week 13 weeks on list 3 10 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen last week 10 weeks on list 18 paperback fiction 1 Dawn by . Andrews weeks on list 5 2 the bad place by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 2 3 daddy by Danielle steel weeks on list 7 4 the gentle rogue by Johanna Lindsey first week on list. 5 reasonable doubt by Philip Friedman weeks on fist 6 a 6 the dark half by Stephen King weeks on list 10 7 Deacon one by Joe Weber weeks on list 4 8 the Bonfire of the vanities by Tom Wolfe weeks on list 29 a 9 it by Stephen King weeks on inst 24 10 Rama ii by Arthur c. Clarke and Gentry Lee first week on list non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 54 by. T 2 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 12 y. A.3 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 371 y a a l. A by  4 Call me Anna by Patty Duke and Kenneth turan weeks on Lisl 9 a a 5 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l Friedman weeks on list 18 6 tiaras poker by Michael Lewis weeks on list 10 7 the cuckoos egg by Cliff Stoll. First week on list 8 High treason by Robert j. Groden and Harrison Edward Livingstone weeks on list 5 9 Henry and june by Anais Nin weeks on list 3 10 a Brief history of time by Stephen w. Hawking weeks on list 26. Quot paperback miscellaneous 1 the authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by tii Watterson weeks on list 10. A 2 All i need to know i Learned from my cat by Suzy Becker first week on list a a a a 3 Weiner dog Art by Gary Larson weeks on list 4 4 the Quot late night with David Letterman Book of top ten lists by David Letterman Steve of Donnell it Al weeks on list 6 \. 5 whereas Waldo the ultimate fun Book by Martin Handford first week on list  amp Newyork Kolmes stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 the Plains of passage by Jean Mauel Quot a a 2 four past Midnight by Stephen King 3 lady Boss by Jackie Collins. 7 a 4 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon. 5 the stand by Stephen King Ottie general in his labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia a a a a a. Marquez 7 message from Nam by Danielle steel 8 Star trek prime directive by Judith and Garfield. Reeves Stevens. A a 9 under siege by Stephen Coontz _ 10 the first Man in Rome by Colleen Mccullough _ _ non fiction 1 by Way of deception by Victor ostrovsky2 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland armory 3 get to the heart by Barbara mandrel with George Vecsey a a a a a 4 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush -5 Powers Hitt by Alvin Toffler 8 darkness visible by William Styron 7 Homecoming by John Bradshaw 8 Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen a. A 9 great Waldo search by Martin Handford 19 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen _ origins of a Atti go Way Way Back William Sabre new York times most of us Quot attitude Quot is something a a person has a cheerful Frame of 8 mind or a negative Outlook. The Al word is Neutral requiring some modifier to Tell us what kind of attitude we re talking about a a ,. To some however a a attitude a not pre ceded by the article a a and has lost iut Neutral Ity and gained a new sense Pugna City sullen Defiance Adf Confidence tipping Over into arrogance. This Quot attitude has a hostile modifier built in. Quot a a a it a a a a a a a a a a. A. The first inkling of the new sense in the Barnhart dictionary files comes from the new yorker in 1978, about a car rental Agency Quot we have a very Good atmosphere Here. We enjoy our work. We done to have an attitude a earlier this year another Magazine recalled How actor Marlon Brando Quot Rode into town like Elvis with an attitude a a a Detroit columnist reports that Quot attitude Quot Quot is a uniquely Post modern Way to look at the world. Its cynical Cool a bit detached. In the male of the species it can include Macho posturing in the female its called  he provides a table for the age of attitude Mickey mouse needs it bugs Bunny has it Bart Simpson has too much John the Carre needs it Elmore Leonard has it Norman Mailer has too much in the animal world gerbils need it cats have it ferrets have too much the phrases origin May goes Back to prison Slang. Quot to cop an attitude was a phrase meaning Quot to adopt a complaining demean or or Quot to whine it later changed to a More assertive Quot to project haughtiness Quot or Quot to stand up to the  clipped to Quot a tude Quot it is Black English which May have been its original source for it Quot confident  language is playing one of its cyclical tricks. The latin aptitude Jne Aning Quot fitness and the. Root of Quot aptitude a is also the source of Quot Atti h tude Quot the meaning has to do with the fitness of Thuc arrangement of a body or figure in the Fine arts Tifis is expressed by sculptor or painters As Quot the disposition of a figure the posture Given to u to show a mood humor or  from this physical positioning Quot attitude Quot came to mean the mental or emotional state that the posture represented Rodin a Quot think Eri was in the physical position with Chin in _ _ hand of being Ultra pensive the artists intention was to show that As his mental attitude _ the Slang Send to Fuch Vogue today reaches Back Tor that original sense of fitness what i suitable these Days according to those who seek terms of posture standing Lau too much of this of course leads to the hostility and sul Lenness that is now called Lian Atti. Tude  december 2,1990 sunday to Pius Page 17