NATION

NURSING HOMES: FATAL NEGLECT (TIME SPECIAL INVESTIGATION)

IN POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF CASES, NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS ARE DYING FROM A LACK OF FOOD AND WATER AND THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF HYGIENE

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY

THE CLINTON TAPES ROLL ON AND ON AND ON, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, A TANTALIZING DETAIL EMERGES

WE'LL GET KILLED ON THIS

CLINTON WILL TRIGGER A FIRE STORM IF HE VETOES AN IRS REFORM BILL. BUT HE HAS NO CHOICE: RUBIN WON'T BUDGE

DEATH IS IN THE DETAILS

SEX, LIES AND A PORCUPINE FIGURE IN A PENNSYLVANIA MURDER TRIAL TWO DECADES AFTER THE GUN WENT OFF

THE WALNUT OVERTURE

THE TEAMSTERS WERE COOLING ON CLINTON, SO A CASH-HUNGRY WHITE HOUSE WENT TO WORK

RITES OF WAY

SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLES ARE FUN. JUST ASK YOUR INSURER

WORLD

CHINA: MEET JIANG ZEMIN

AMERICANS ARE SUSPICIOUS OF CHINA'S PRESIDENT, BUT HE HOPES HIS VISIT HERE WILL MAKE US LIKE HIM

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

EGGS ON THE ROCKS (Medicine)

A NEW PROCEDURE MAY OFFER WOMEN THE CHANCE TO FREEZE THEIR OVA--AND STOP THEIR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

SPORT

FISH ARE JUMPIN'

THE MARLINS REACH THE FALL CLASSIC BY UPSETTING TRADITION AND THE BRAVES

TECHNOLOGY

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED?

THE FAA CONSIDERS JOHN DENVER'S PLANE EXPERIMENTAL, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS CALLING IT TOO RISKY TO FLY

BRIEFING

CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

FIRST THE VIDEOTAPES, NOW THE HARD DRIVE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

DIAL M FOR MERGER

GTE'S $28 BILLION CASH OFFER FOR MCI, ALREADY THE TARGET OF TWO OTHER BIDS, COULD SET OFF A NEW WAVE OF MEGAMERGERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SPECIAL SECTION

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? (Special Report / WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL)

HOW IN ONE AMERICAN CITY, BALTIMORE, A BIG SCHOOL SYSTEM MANAGED TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON BUREAUCRACY AND DUBIOUS SPECIAL PROGRAMS--BUT ALL TOO LITTLE ON THE KIDS

STARTING FROM SCRATCH (Special Report / WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL)

WHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN THE FREEDOM AND RESOURCES TO TEST BOLD NEW IDEAS, GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN. HERE ARE THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THREE SCHOOLS IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES

THEY'LL VOUCH FOR THAT (Special Report / WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL)

INNER-CITY BLACKS ARE BEGINNING TO JOIN THE REPUBLICAN CRY FOR VOUCHERS TO PAY PRIVATE-SCHOOL TUITION. FOR THE POOR, VOUCHERS ARE A LIFEBOAT. FOR THE G.O.P., THEY ARE A WEDGE ISSUE

HOW JOHNNY SHOULD READ (Special Report / WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL)

A WAR IS ON BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF PHONICS AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE WHOLE-LANGUAGE METHOD OF LEARNING TO READ; CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE--THE NATION'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

A LITTLE JET SET (Time Select Business Travel)

REGIONAL JETS LIKE THE CRJ ARE TRANSFORMING COMMUTER AIRLINES

PEOPLE

LETTERS