European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By s i is i i i is new York times list for the week of aug. 4 fiction 1 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan last week 1 weeks on list 7 2 the firm by John Grisham last week 2 weeks on list 22 3 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week 4 weeks on list 12. 4 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark last week 3. Weeks on list 14 5 beast by Peter Benchley last week 6 weeks on list 7 6 outer Banks by Ann Rivers Siddons last week 8, weeks on list 3 7 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught last week 5 weeks on. List 7 8 pastime by Robert b. Parker last week 7 weeks on list 3 9 maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard last week 14 weeks on list 2 10 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 9 weeks on list 72 non fiction 1 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 3 weeks on list 38 2 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 1 weeks on list 8 3 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 2 weeks on list 8 4 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 5 weeks on list 6 5 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 4 weeks on list 3 6 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 6 weeks on list 13 7 a question of character by Thomas c. Reeves last week 9 weeks on list 6 8 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins last week 7 weeks on list 5 9 Woody Allen by Eric lax last week 10 weeks on list 10 10 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 8 weeks on list 13 paperback fiction 1 lady Boss by Jackie Collins weeks on list 4 4 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow weeks on list 12 3 september by Rosamunde Pilcher weeks on list 7 4 Sullivan a sting by Lawrence Sanders weeks on list 2 5 the prize by Julie Garwood weeks on list 4 6 the voice of the night by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 7 7 first Man in Rome by Colleen Mccullough weeks on list 2 8 Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 29 9 Texas Chase by Sandra Brown weeks on list 3 10 the silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris weeks on list 43 1paperback non fiction 1 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 121 2 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 7 3 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 4 4 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 90 5 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 405 6 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 11 7 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 5 8 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert i Iii k1 i i k s Art Fulghum weeks on list 21 9 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 45 10 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 51 paperback miscellaneous 1 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 34 2 the to Factor Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 54 3 the fat buying workout by Joyce l. Vedral weeks on list 2 4 the to Factor diet by Martin Natahn weeks on list 15 5 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 11 it it a it at stars and stripes bookstores these books reflect what s Selling Best at a amps bookstores As of aug. 2 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 Michen Ernon 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 s 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 some words turn clarity into abstruse to James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate i have an idea and Trot it out for inspection writers tend to get bored with the same old words All the time. They get restless. So they poke around in jewelry boxes and desk drawers and they find words they Haven to used since Christmas a such words As Quot dearth a a Quot apathy Quot and  Quot Gulf War prompts a dearth of documentaries Quot read a headline in the Asheville . Times. But the Knight Ridder Story dealt not with a dearth of documentaries about the recent conflict but with a positive spate of them. A dearth is a Scarcity in contrast with a plethora which is another Bauble to use but once every six months. Several years ago the Cox news service provided a feature about a Young soap opera actress Sarah Jessica Parker who spends her spare time in political activity. Quot in a very concerned about our generation a she said. A apathy is just running rampant among people my age and  it would be a Novelty i am bound to say to see apathy running. The spathies of my acquaintance rarely even Trot. Of Energy they have a dearth. Back in 1987 the Jaycees of Selma ala., staged their annual fourth of july family Day. The times journal reported that the Magnolia bloggers Quot will be making a return  now there is a pleasant thought for the Day echoing Yogi Berra a experience in observing Dejavu All Over again. Even the most experienced writers get the fidgets with everyday words. Columnist Ellen Goodman Hadnot used Quot asunder Quot in Many months. Then came the Story about a student at Brown University who got sloshed and shouted politically incorrect things about jews Blacks and homosexuals. For this she said Quot he was cast asunder by the University. Actually the Young Man was expelled. But Quot asunder Quot does no to work with Quot to  the adverb Means to tear to pieces. We should save Quot asunder for what Congress does to a presidents budget it rips it to bits. How often does a writer get to use a a erstwhile Good word erstwhile. It Means Quot former or  this is All it Means. We have or. Nixon the erstwhile president and or. Rose the erstwhile manager. An editorial writer for the Pueblo Colo chieftain last year fell in love with  he denounced non student punks who attack teachers and Counselor. The writer opined Good word opined that Quot Parent volunteers keeping an extra Eye on the schools could have a chilling effect on erstwhile  alas these thugs weren to former thugs they were current thugs. There a nothing wrong a indeed there is much that is right a in trying ones hand with unfamiliar words. But if you re Uncertain about their meaning the Best advice is to tuck them away for another time. August 11, 1991 sunday