European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I s i is i i i is c new York times list fiction 1 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley first week on list 2 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy last week 1 weeks on list 8 3 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon last week 2 weeks on list 5 4 night Over water by Ken Follett last week 7 weeks on list 2 5 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 13 weeks on list 81 6 Saint maybe by Anne Tyler last week 3 weeks on list 6 7 the deceiver by Frederick Forsyth last week 6 weeks on list 3 8 the firm by John Grisham last week 4 weeks on list 31 a 9 Flowers in the rain by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 5 weeks on list 6 10 the Duchess by Jude Deveraux last week 10 weeks on list 3 11 Russka by Edward Rutherfurd last week 8 weeks on list 5. 12 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy tan last week 9 weeks on list 16 13 the dragon reborn by Robert Jordan last week 11 weeks on list 2 14 gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell first week on list 15 outer Banks by Ann Rivers Siddons last week 12, weeks on list 12 non fiction 1 me stories of my life by Katharine Hepburn last week 1 weeks on list 4 2 us of by Robert Fulghum last week 3 weeks on list 7 3 la Toya by la Toya Jackson with Patricia Romanowski last week 2 weeks on list 4 4 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 7 weeks on list 47 5 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 6 weeks on list 22 6 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 5 weeks on list 17 7 j. Edgar Hoover by Curt Gentry last week 8 weeks on list 3 8 hard courts by John Feinstein last week 4 weeks on list 5 9 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 10 weeks on list 15 10 exposing myself by Geraldo Rivera with Daniel Paisner last week 12 weeks on list 3 11 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 9 weeks on list 17 12 Anne Sexton by Diane Wood Middlebrook last week 13 weeks on list 6 13 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 11 weeks on list 12 14 three Blind mice by Ken Auletta last week 14 weeks on list 2 15 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave Barry last week 15 weeks on list 15 paperback fiction 1 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon weeks on list 5 2 four past Midnight by Stephen King weeks on list 7 3 the Mummy by Anne Rice weeks on list 12 4 question quest by piers Anthony weeks on list 2 5 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford weeks on list 8 6 season of the Sun by Catherine Coulter first week on list 7 Buffalo girls by Larry Mcmurtry weeks on list 3 8 a in Law by Peter David weeks on list 3 9 the Shadow and the Star by Laura Amsale first week Ullh on list 10 Harvest by Belvia Plain weeks on list 5 paperback non fiction 1 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 16 2 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 21 3 when Rabbit howls by the troops for Truddie Chase weeks on list 22 4 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 13 5 get to the heart by Barbara Mandrell with George Vecsey weeks on list 3 6 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 99 7 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 414 8 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 14 9 the Milwaukee murders by Don Davis first week on list 10 precious victims by Don w. Weber and Charles Bosworth or. First week on list paperback miscellaneous 1 scientific Progress goes Quot Boink by Bill Watterson weeks on list 2 2 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 63 3 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 43 4 the to Factor diet by Martin Natahn weeks on list 22 5 life a Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. Weeks or list 9 at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of Best Sellers at stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores fiction 1 needful things by Stephen King 2 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy 3 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn 4 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon 5 fire sea volume 3 the death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 6 the Druid of Shannara by Terry brooks7 the Sheress of Kell by David Eddings 8 night Over water by Ken Follett v 9 beast by Peter Benchley 10 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark non fiction 1 us of by Robert Fulghum 2 the commanders by Bob woodward3 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck 4 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin 5 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins 6 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz7 the Rand Mcnally Road atlas8 the better Homes and gardens new Cookbook 9 parliament of whores by . O Rourke 10 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle i Wun i r s a you will be pleased to know that a May might be right the court of irks peeves and Crotch ets continues its october  with a petition from Charles s. Mec Andl ish of Winchester a. Lie asks a declaratory judgment on the use of Quot shall Quot and  this court is nothing if not decisive. The ruling is it depends. There was a time when every Schoolboy could recite the Rule. To form a simple future tense we were instructed to use a a shall in the first person and to use a a will for the second and third. Thus i shall give the Crystal to Genevieve. You will get the Silver. My children will inherit the horses. If ones purpose was to express determination the Rule worked in reverse i will give the Crystal to Genevieve. My impression is that English writers at the level of the times generally adhere to the old Rule but except in the drafting of statutes and other Legal documents the Rule is a dead Duck in the United states. The Choice of a a shall or a a will would depend upon Vtha nature of the composition whether fiction or non fiction formal or informal. It is a judgment Call wholly within the discretion of the writer. The court takes judicial notice of a a shall in the context of permission. Plainly there is a difference Between a shall we dance Quot and Quot will we dance a to express determination Slick with Gen. Macarthur at Corregidor a i shall  or just raise your voice. All of which leads to the next complaint this one from Stephen l. Kirkpatrick of Olympia Wash lie writes that headline writers Anil Many others have fallen into the bad habit of substituting Quot May Quot for a might Quot because Quot May Quot is Shorter. He offers As an exhibit a Green River suspect May stay in  the plaintiff might Well have embraced Quot can in his motion for clarification. Again the old Rule is Well known use a can Quot to express ability use a May Quot to express permission. A George can ride the horse Quot indicates that George is Able to ride the horse. Quot George May ride the horse Means that George has permission to do so. A curmudgeonly notes comes from a Reader whose name the court cannot make out objecting to a we Are pleased  the vice president of the South Carolina College Council was a pleased to report Quot that pending legislation looked useful. The court has its own curmudgeonly moments but the court refuses to enjoin the phrase. The complainant puts his Point bluntly Quot who cares whether the vice president is pleased a the courts View is that such Small niceties add to a sense of civility. Not every piece of writing if you please has to go slam bang bar the doors Cut the nonsense and get on with the task at hand. The court declares any such motion null void and of no Avail. October 13, 1991 sunday a Page 9