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Reveals that in Pennsylvania and all 49 other states, an unprecedented grass-roots movement is underway that will likely put Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot on the ballot against President George Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. The source of Perot's personal appeal; Perot's campaign; His career and accomplishments; More.

Discusses how most hospitals and rescue squads aren't really prepared to deal with children's medical crises. Recollection of various cases in which children have been misdiagnosed, and have died as a result. A middle-class dilemma; Children should not be treated as adults; The training gap in various pediatric residency programs; The danger of delays in medical treatment. INSET: How Los Angeles does it right.;What every parent should know....

Discusses how the debate over sexual harassment doesn't herald sweeping change. University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill's testimony will prove to be a watershed in American social history. How Corning Inc., the giant glass and high-tech manufacturer, is considered nearly the perfect cultural barometer for the changing workplace relations between men and women; Concern that the company's reputation may outpace the reality; The potential victims; More.

Presents profiles of a number of families living in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, an urban section of that city, which has been making integration work. Janet Peterman, Pastor of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, reconnecting the ministry to the neighborhood; Don Black, retired Navy, Boy Scout leader, founder of the Pelham Town Watch; Ernie Covington and Kathy Williams, an interracial couple whose children are helping ease family discomfort.

Continues `U.S. News' coverage of the Rochester, N.Y. urban education reform which shows signs of disintegrating. Adam Urbanski, union leader and Rochester Schools Superintendent Peter McWalters and their landmark contract; Teachers' rejection of a second contract; Retention of some form of teacher accountability; Method for evaluating teachers seen as too vague and potentially unfair; Creditability problems; Society's ills. INSET: Parental power in question, by T. Toch..

Recounts some of the daily ethical dilemmas faced by today's medical community as seen at the University of Maryland Medical System in downtown Baltimore. Profiles Dr.'s Aizik Wolf, Alice Ackerman, 35, Henry Silverman, 38, and Jeff Abrams, 38. Courts increasingly becoming part of the debate; Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference at the Shock Trauma Center; Involving the whole family in ethical decisions. INSET: The heartache that knows no end..

Discusses the long, hard climb up the career ladder and how middle managers today view their careers and their lives. Analysis of the corporate employee; Vows of organization life. Example of Ed Woolard, who will become chairman of E.I. DuPont deNemours in April.

A discussion of the Rochester, N.Y., school reform experiment. Background and details of the bold plan to overhaul their troubled school system by raising teachers' salaries dramatically, enlisting industry to help reshape the curriculum, and giving individual attention to students. The promise of these initiatives and the obstacles that remain are explored in looking at two of the system's schools.

In-depth look at the collaboration of American and Japanese businesses in Tennessee. Background to Japanese investment in the state; The beginnings and growth of Nissan southeast of Nashville, Tenn.; How the integration of the workforce is faring; Subtle racism and Japanese adjustments to life in America.

Rochester, N.Y., school district is a model for educational reform. Based on a 1986 report by the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy that proposed how teachers teach and students learn, Rochester released a plan with high hopes and goals. An analysis of the city's businesses, government, and teachers/training/salaries. (Further coverage of the Rochester school experiment is planned by `US News.')

American Samaritans confront the Ethiopian famine. An analysis of the famine problem at present and the work of Dennis Carlson, 57, and his wife, Beulah Downing, 54, both with Save the Children's Ethiopian project.

America's parish priests deal daily with the dramatic changes in American Catholicism and the conflicts for the faithful in a secular society. Profiles two American priests: Brian Frawley, 33, of the St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church in New York City and Ray Dlugos, 31, of the Church of St. Denis in Haverton, Pa. Their beliefs and work.

Description of New Ralston House, a nursing home in Philadelphia, Pa., looking at the routine, activities and care it provides. Review of the quality of nursing homes, which provide a home for 1.4 million Americans. Meals; Medication; Therapies. INSET: How to choose a nursing home and how to pay the bills..

Reports how both President George Bush and presidential candidate Bill Clinton have obviously decided that the smartest federal response to urban decay and violence--not to mention the nation's problems with global economic competitiveness--lies in schools. Clinton has abandoned some of the Democrats' traditional focus on equity; Overview of the candidates' similarities; Accountability; National testing; Incentives; Student aid; More.

Comments on the perils of big-time fund-raising and profiles Cornell University President Frank H.T. Rhodes who has raised nearly $400 million toward Cornell's `nucleus fund' of a five year campaign. Increasing endowments; Long-term security; Feasibility studies; Funding outreach programs to better educate and train elementary and secondary-school students and their teachers; Weekend seminars for alumni; Consolidations in academic areas; `Better, not bigger.'

Fourth in a series. Discusses the ambitious effort taking place in Rochester, N.Y., to fix its public schools. Leadership; Ideas; Finances. INSET: Rochester's two-year report card..

Discusses how presidential candidate H. Ross Perot's strong personality and no-nonsense style make some cheer, and others hiss. His journey from an obscure salesman to billionaire tycoon; His approach during his stormy two-year tenure as a General Motors board member; The bad ties between Perot and former Electronic Data Systems (EDS); Perot's best argument for why America needs a businessman president; More.

Profiles Domino's owner Tom Monaghan, 54, a onetime seminarian who is now a fervent Catholic. The ostentatious executive who spent lavishly on cars, boats and planes is now in full repentance. Sales and profits; Day-to-day management; Founding Legatus, an international organization for Catholic executives; Liberals need not apply.

Presents the third in a series of articles examining the experiment launched by Rochester, N.Y., to overhaul its troubled school system. Focuses on efforts to cut special-education classes. Mainstream.

A detailed look at the inroads made by Japanese ownership of companies in the state of Tennessee. Numbers of American jobs they provide by city and town, as well as the type of operation. How American workers get along with Japanese management. Debate over whether America is selling its economic future to Japan.