European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lit s i Mil i knew York times list for the week of sept. 15 fiction 1 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy last week 1, weeks on list 4 2 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon first week on list 3 the firm by John Grisham last week 2 weeks on list 27 4 Saint maybe by Anne Tyler last week 4. Weeks on list-2 5 the Kitchen god s wife by Amy Tan last week 3 weeks on list 12. 6 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week 7 weeks on list 17 7 Flowers in the rain by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 13 weeks on list 2 8 of the places you la go by or Seuss last week 8 weeks on list 77 9 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark last week 5 weeks on list 19 10 maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard last week 6 weeks on list 7 a 11 outer Banks by Ann Rivers Siddons last week 9, weeks on list 8 a 12 Russka by Edward Rutherfurd first week on list 13 the Garden of Rama by Arthur c. Clarke last week 15 weeks on list 2 14 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught last week. 10 weeks on list 12 15 Texas Sage by Sandra Brown weeks on list 5 non fiction 1 us of by Robert Fulghum last week 1 weeks on list 3 2 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 2 weeks on list 13 3 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 4 weeks on list 8 4 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 3, weeks on list 43 5 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 5 weeks on list 13 6 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 7 weeks on list 18 7 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 6 weeks on list 11 8 have Barry talks Back by Dave Barry last week 10 weeks on list 11 9 Anne Sexton by Diane Wood Middlebrook last week 8 weeks on list 2 10 a question of character by Thomas c. Reeves last week 9 weeks on list 11 11 hard courts by John Feinstein first week on list 12 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins last week 13 weeks on list 10 13 the Beauty myth by Naomi Wolf weeks on list. 3 14 the mansions of limbo by Dominick Dunne last week 14 weeks on list 2 15 illiberal education by Dinesh d Souza last week 16 weeks on list 15 paperback fiction 1 four past Midnight by Stephen King weeks on list 3 2 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford weeks on list. 4 3 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon first week on list 4 time bomb by Jonathan Kellerman weeks on list 4 5 under seige by Stephen Coonts weeks on list. 3 6 Sullivan s sting by Lawrence Sanders weeks on list 7 7 Harvest by Belvia Plain first week on list 8 Battleground by w e b or fam weeks on list 2 9 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 34 10 lady Boss by Jackie Collins weeks on list. 9 paperback non fiction 1 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 17 2 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 12 3 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 9 4 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 95 5 the doctor by Edward e. Rosenbaum weeks on list 4 6 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 410 7 when Rabbit howls by the troops for Tuddie Chase weeks on list 18 8 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 10 9 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 16 10 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 26 paperback miscellaneous 1 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 59 2 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 39 3 life a Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. Weeks on list 5 4 the Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 14 5 the to Factor diet by Martin Natahn weeks on list 18 at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of Best Sellers at shopping Center stars and stripes bookstores fiction1 needful things by Stephen king2 the sum of All fears by Tom clancy3 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn 4 fire sea volume 3 the death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy hickman5 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney sheldon6 the Druid of Shannara by Terry brooks7 the Sheress of Kell by David Eddings 8 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan 9 maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard 10 beast by Peter Benchleynon-fiction1 the commanders by Bob Woodward 2 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin 3 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. Of Brien and Andris Kurins 4 chutzpah by Alan m dershowitz5 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave barry6 fire in the belly by Sam keen 7 the Rand Mcnally Road Atlas 8 the better Homes and gardens new Cookbook 9 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle 10 Woody Allen by Eric lax Yogi a sayings Bear repeating by heavy hitters by Jack Rosenthal the new York limes who is the most widely quoted american of our Era a John Kennedy perhaps Quot ask not what your country can do for you. Or Quot the Torch has Hcan passed. But recent evidence makes a Strong Case for Yogi Berra. The new York baseball great has for years been know n As a master of mangled language. Now however prominent figures have been transforming him into an enduring Folk philosopher and in the process even creating their own Yogi isms. After the persian Gulf War. When an Nik news interviewer asked Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf about his plans he replied Quot Well As Yogi Berra said a the future ainu to what it used to  a when Robert Maxwell was concluding negotiations to buy the daily news earlier this year he explained matters with a revealing misquote. Yogi once said of a new York mets Pennant race. It Ain t Over till its  Here is what the British press lord said trying hard to show How hip he is to americana a was Yogi Bear once said a thing is not done until it is  last Winter when president Bush was criticized Lor failing to respond strongly to soviet violence against Lithuania he responded that As Yogi Berra said Quot i done to want to make the wrong  More recently he told College basketball players visiting the White House that Yogi had once said at a state dinner Quot How could you get a conversation started in there everybody was talking too  observe that in each instance the reason for quoting Yogi has changed. It has become a Way to invoke the authority of the common Man whereas people used to recall Yogi isms the was they Tell jokes taking simple Delight in the contrary word formulations of Lawrence Peter Berra the Yankee Catcher from la 46 to l%3. Phil pepes biography of Yogi tells of the grand Motherly woman who saw the Catcher All dressed up after a Spring training game in Florida and said a my you look mighty Cool  his response a thank you May am. You done to look so hot  after he signed on As a vice president of Yoo Hoo chocolate beverage corp., a woman asked a is that hyphenated a he said Quot lady it ainu to even  other Yogi isms like the one Brit Ifird by Maxwell Are proverbial gems. Once when called on to play in the Outfield he was troubled by afternoon shadows. Quot it gets late Early out there Quot he concluded. What would he do if he found $1 million in the Street Quot id see if i could find the Guy who lost it and if he was poor. Id give it Back to  for each such saying Yogi actually did say there a probably another one that he did no to Quot its Dejavu All Over again a for example. But i that makes the Elevation of Yogi even More Ini Teresing. The quotes whether real or invented j have never been Mere malaprops wrong words j ludicrously substituted for similar sounding right ones like extirpate for extricate i yogis sayings while inelegant and seemingly i contradictory usually Are neither mistakes nor j contradictions. In hey Are common sense. September 15. 1991 sunday Page 9