European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I s i sell Hasmi Cru i r s Art fiction 1 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan last week 1 weeks on list 5 2 the firm by John Grisham last week 2 weeks on list 20 3 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week 3 weeks on list 10 4 beast by Peter Benchley last week 5 weeks on list 5 5 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark last week 4 weeks on list 12 6 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught last week 6 weeks on list 5 7 pastime by Robert b. Parker first week on list 8 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey. Archer last week 7 weeks on list 12 9 the piranhas by Harold Robbins last week 9, weeks on list 4 Quot 10 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 8 weeks on list 70 non fiction 1 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 1 weeks on list 6 a 2 parliament of whores by . Of Rourke last week 3 weeks on list 6 Quot a 3 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 2 weeks on list 36 4 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 6 weeks on list 11 5 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 8 weeks on list 4 6 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins last week 5 weeks on list 3 7 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 4 weeks on list 11 8 a question of character by Thomas c. Reeves last week 7 weeks on list 4 9 when you look like your passport photo it s time to go Home by Erma Bombeck first week on list 10 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin last week 12 weeks on list 8 paperback fiction 1 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow weeks on list 10 2 the voice of the night by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 5 3 september by Rosamunde Pilcher weeks on list 5 4 the prize by Julie Garwood weeks on list 2 5 lady Boss by Jackie Collins weeks on list 2 6 dragon by Clive Cussler weeks on list 6 7 dying Young by Marti Leimbach weeks on list 4 8 second child by John Saul weeks on list 6 9 legacy by Michael Jan Friedman weeks on list 2 10 breath of scandal by Sandra Brown weeks on list 5 paperback non fiction 1 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 10 2 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 5 3 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 2 4 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 88 5 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 403 6 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 9 7 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 19 8 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 43 a 9 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 3 10 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 49 paperback miscellaneous 1 the to Factor Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 52 2 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 32. 3 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 9 4 the to Factor diet by Martin Natahn weeks on list 14 5 the revenge of the baby sat by Bill Watterson weeks on list 19. Compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction. 1 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark 2 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn 3 the firm by John Grisham 4 heartbeat by Danielle steel 5 the Sheress of Kell by David Eddings 6 the rustlers of West Fork by Louis l amour 7 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer 8 Thunder of Erebus by Payne Harrison 9 extreme measures by Michael Palmer 10 the novel by James Michener non fiction 1 the commanders by Bob Woodward 2 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin 3 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave Barry 4 you la never eat lunch in this town again by Julia Phillips. 5 the promised land by Nicholas Lemann 6 Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography by Kitty Kelley 7 fire in the belly by Sam keen 8 Iron John by Robert Bly 9 first air by Michael Skinner 10 her Blue body everything we know by Alice Walker accuracy at Steak amid heard of careless spellers James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate the associated press was right on the scene a few months ago when the Allied forces entered Kuwait City. An a correspondent hummed a ride with a kuwaiti Driver who found no opposition at the City limits. A ten minutes later Ahmad a Bow and the dozen saudi and . Army special forces vehicles were at the Entrance to Kuwait City s diplomatic sector. The wench on an american i Lum ice was pulling a Barrier from the  a those valiant women of the . Army those hobbyists who Hunt homophones love nothing More than to read of a hardworking wench for surely a wench is More interesting than a Winch. There a also something to be said for another woman of distinction. The Seattle times identified Leadville colo., two years ago As a the Mother Load of one of the states most historic mining  the same gentlewoman turned up in a column by a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune. At a press conference with the bears coach Mike Ditka mustered a a Mother Load of  homophones Are the Pitfalls and the Booby traps of prose composition. For the record a homophone is one of two or More words that sound alike but have different Spellings and different meanings. To lat Mother was a Mother lode. Every language has its sound alikes i suppose but surely no language offers More opportunities for confusion than our own. Let us examine a few horrid examples. At one time or another Reuters has reported Quot Security breeches in Europe and the Chicago Sun times has warned of a Security breeches Quot in the Cook county jail. In Las vegas the re View journal reported last year that the former owners of the Tropicana hotel won a bundle in a Quot Breech of contract  a reporter for the Atlanta journal and Constitution covered a trial in Miami. Before a policeman a pistol was received in evidence the officer a checked the  we done to Breech Security or Breech a contract. We breach them that is we break them. And guns done to have breaches they have breeches. Little boys also have breeches pronounced britches and sometimes they get too big for them. How do aliens Ever learn to write English columnist Jack Anderson last year noted that abuses continue in Tibet a even though China has lifted marshal  a correspondent for the Strongsville Ohio Sun Star reported in january that a newly opened shopping mall would have a gift shop a Beauty shop and a a marshal arts  the suspended Law in Tibet Wasny to the kind of Law enforced by marshal Matt Dillon. This was martial Law enforced by those who master the martial arts. July 28, 1991 sunday