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In part two of our public hospitals series, Frank Browning reports on the debate at the University of San Francisco General Hospital over what changes may be needed in medical education to meet the challenges public hospitals face from managed care. To reduce cost, they're having to shift away from expensive specialty care in the hospital to preventive general care, delivered in an outpatient setting. That's not what they're accustomed to doing, but it's what most poor people who depend on public hospitals need.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the campaign of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole as he tries to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination with a strong showing in tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries. Voters will go to the polls tomorrow in Texas, Florida and five other states, where the largest number of delegate so far -- 362 -- will be awarded to the candidates. Dole has a strong lead in public opinion polls against his two primary challengers, Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan.

Robert speaks with Iris Chang, author of the book "Thread of the Silkworm." Chang relates how one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California was deported during the anti-communist 1950s to China, where he became the father of the Chinese missile program.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that a new study has shown that genetically engineered foods can produce unexpected food allergies. In the study, being published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that genetically engineered soybeans could provoke an allergic reaction in people who are allergic to nuts that supplied the engineered genetic material. An editorial accompanying the study says it raises questions about the adequacy of safeguards by the Food and Drug Administration.

NPR'S JIM ZARROLI REPORTS ON WHY, AFTER HEARING GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS, WALL STREET SENT STOCKS AND BONDS SHARPLY LOWER ON FRIDAY.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that commentator Pat Buchanan says he will stay in the GOP presidential race despite calls from frontrunner Bob Dole that he end his campaign and help unite the Republican Party. Buchanan, campaigning in Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas in preparation for next week's Super Tuesday primary, said the contest isn't over yet and that Dole needs to address the concerns of Buchanan supporters over such issues as abortion and job security.

MARCH 10,

in Charleston, South Carolina about the upcoming South Carolina primary. The state has 37 delegates.

Commentator Lee Cullum says the rise of Pat Buchanan is a disaster for the country. If he contiues to win, he will destroy relations with other nations and make the politics of hate acceptable and tolerable. While Buchanan is right to worry about corporate downsizing and job losses, Cullum maintains he's wrong if he thinks he can reverse that trend with protectionism.