European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fest Sellers fiction a 1 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins last week 1 weeks on list 3 v .2 Quot hits  by sue Grafton last week 2. A a a a weeks in first. 4a 3 heartbeat by Danielle steel last week 6 weeks on list 4 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week .4 a / weeks enlist 6-1 a j. A Jujj a a. It a a i 5 the firm by John Grisham last week 3 weeks on list 11. 6 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer last week 8 weeks on list 3a \ 7 Bright Captivity by Eugenia Price last week 7, weeks on list 3 8 the Sheress of Kell by David. Eddings  5 weeks on list 7 / 9 the novel by James a Michener last week 11 weeks on list 6 1 10 Aspen Gold by Janet Dailey last week 10 weeks on a list 6 a non fiction 1 Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography by Kitty Kelley last week 1 weeks on list 5 a 2 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 4 v weeks on Lisl 2. _ _ _ 3 you la never eat lunch in this town again by Julia a Phillips last week 2 weeks on list 9. 4 a Iron John by Robert Bly last week 3 weeks on list -27. 1.5 moving pictures by Ali Magraw last week v6 wee son list 5 6 there Are no children Here by Alex Kotlowitz last week 5 weeks on list 5 7 life is too Short by Mickey Rooney last week 9 a weeks on list 68 a history of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani last a week 7 weeks on list 8a 9 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week -9, weeks on 10 illiberal education by Dinesh d Souza last week 11, a week Bri i 0 1 paperback fiction a old message from Nam by. Danielle steel weeks on list  2 red dragon by Thomas Harris weeks on list 11 3 the silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris weeks Quot j is 3 2 Al Kvil a v 4 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow first week on list 5 an inconvenient woman by Dominick Dunne weeks on list 5 a 6 the stand by Stephen King weeks on list 5 7 masquerade by Janet Dailey weeks on list 4 8 secrets of the morning by pc. Andrews first week on list 9 family. Pictures by sue Miller weeks on list .4 a a 10 the cat who lived High by Lilian Jackson Braun. Weeks on list 3 a paperback non fiction 1 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 10 2 Ali i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten i by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 79 3 the Road less travelled by m. Soott Peck weeks on list 394 4 men at work by Georgd f. Will weeks on list 5 5 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on first 41 6 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen first Slippery scribe slides into first with Sharp simile week on list 7 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 34 a / a 1 8 the spy went dancing by Aline countess of rom Amones weeks in list 5. 9 stormin Norman by Jack Anderson and Dale Van Alta a weeks on list 6.  y 10 by Way of deception by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy first week on Lista paperback miscellaneous 1 the revenge of the baby sat by Bill Watterson 2 Alt i need to know i Learned from my cat by Suzy j Becker weeks on list 26 to v by a v 3 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r Covey weeks on list. 23 4 the to Factor Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle in  Martin Fatah no weeks in list 43 a a a 5 the to Factor diet by Martire Kalahan. Weeks Onislv-9 or 1 a compiled by f to nov/bfk.,times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 the Sheress of Kell by David Eddings a2 heartbeat by Danielle steel 3 the firm by John Grisham 4 cold fire by Dean r Koontz 5 the novel by James Michener 6 the Druid of Shammara by Terry brooks7 Aspen Gold by Janet Dailey a\8 the seventh commandment by Lawrence Sanders 9 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark 10 damage by Josephine Hart non fiction. 1 Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography by Kitty y  2 you la never eat lunch in this town again by Julia Job it i 3 the civil War by Geoffrey go Ward with Ric Burns 4 financial self defense by Charies Givens a 5 the prize by Daniel Yergin a 6 and the sea will Tel by Vincent Bugliosi v a v 7 my favorite summer 1956 by Mickey Mantle 8 Iron John by Robert Bly. A a 9 riders on the storm by John Densmore 10 i had a Hammer by Henry Aaron James a Kilpatrick Universal  mtg May we have i flourish of Inirn-1% a Pels please do Waii the to j meat. Is at  that i v Violet  of giinhyyore., has won the s25 first prize Lor the Best simile for  she entered card Sharp was As Slippery As i he new deck of cards he was .  five honorable mentions. A horse s flank Wasus Slippery As a Fry Cook v forehead. A Salesman s handshake was As Slippery As a a grooms hew shoes.  lawyer was As Slippery As the grease pit of a Intro garage Ltd a certain Steps were As Slippery As wet Clay on a Potter s wheel. Finally Quot after a Suie rooted and ruthless climb to the top of his profession that cherish cd Pinnacle proved As Slippery As a Steeple in a sled  for those of  who May have come in late Liv an impulsive moment Early in april i offered Token prizes for i he Best Origi Mil similes for Quot Slippery Quot Quot rough Quot Quot Serene Quot and  i expected May be 3 h or 400 entries after All. A Only 30 papers regularly run this weekly column. By the time the last envelope had been opened we had a couflhof.24v3 contestants lie cause almost All of them took a crack at All four challenges a and Many u Ioctl 10 similes Lor rough six for Serene and so on 1 wound up looking at Mic than 10,000 similes. I Hope never  see sonnet hinges Slipper y As the last Sliver of soap in a sorority Shower nol for me is the Oil covered eel in i Jeroboam of jello. Go Back for a moment to Polzin Sprie win Ning simile a the old curd Sharp was us Slippery As the new deck of cards he was dealing quo take the runner up from Lurry in a Gulick in Grove City Ohio  Salesman s handshake was As Slippery As a grooms new shoes a we had a similar entry irom Birmingham Ala Quot with the Baji  As Slippery As the Bottom of cheap dress shoes to these alternatives lost under the Rule of the circus Midway a close but no Edgar. The Core of the similes was sound. New cards arc in fact ship cry so Are new shoes Virt Biilly eve Ryone is familiar with cards and shoes with bridegrooms and Slick highways. One lest of an effective simile lies in its use of familiar terms. But Polzine a Winner had something else going for it. She gave us Quot he old card Sharp Quot and thus created  image. She provided an alliteration of a sounds without overdoing it Sharp. Was ,.Slippery. As cards.,. Was. This is what we were looking for in judging a Mountain of similes. The most common Crit a. Scism wont  Lack of originality. So much Slippery soap so Many beads Ball bearings and bust so Many shucked oysters vat Trout peeled peaches and Worms so much forgive me snot. May 26, 1991. Sunday. A