March 31, 2000

New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 5-1, in 11 innings in second regular season game played in Japan; photo of Benny Agbayani after hitting home run with bases loaded (M)

Federal government would have more forceful presence in American classrooms than in previous administrations with either Vice Pres Al Gore or Gov George W Bush as president; each candidate is taking his party in new directions; Bush's vision is much less expensive and relies more heavily than Gore's on holding schools responsible for student performance; Gore, who spends less time talking about testing students than Bush, proposes wider array of federal programs, including prekindergarten for all 4-year-olds (M)

Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani raises nearly twice as much money as Hillary Rodham Clinton in the first three months of this year; has now collected a total of $19 million for his Senate campaign; numbers leave little doubt that Giuliani will outraise and outspend Clinton; Bruce J Teitelbaum, Giuliani's campaign manager, notes more than half of Giuliani's total contributions come from out of state; says Giuliani raised $7 million in reporting period required under federal law, from Jan 1 to March 31, for total of $19 million for his campaign; Clinton's aides say she raised about $4 million in period, bringing her total to about $12 million; figures do not count so-called soft money contributions, which are largely unregulated, that two candidates have been soliciting (M)

Camden, NJ, Mayor Milton Milan is indicted on 19 charges of corruption, including laundering drug money and taking bribes from organized crime leaders; photo (M)

Clyde Haberman column holds that globalization was purpose of having New York Mets and Chicago Cubs travel across 14 time zones to play each other in Tokyo; says now that American teams have played regular-season games in Japan, other countries will presumably be next (M)

Tiger Management head Julian H Robertson Jr says he is shutting down operations; after chalking up outstanding investment record, Tiger Management is closing because of sharp reversal of fortunes; of $5.2 billion left, it will distribute 75 percent in cash and 5 percent in shares of 11 stocks; Tiger will keep its stake in five stocks to sell later; difficulties began in early fall of 1998 when Russia defaulted on its debt; Tiger lost $1.6 billion on bad currency bets that year, producing decline of almost 4 percent for 1998; things got worse in 1999 when technology stocks soared and value of shares tumbled; Tiger's returns plunged 19 percent; so far this year, funds are down 13.5 percent; graph; charts; photos (M)

In ''High Fidelity,'' John Cusack, below, plays the manager of a Chicago record store, a pop music fanatic who is a loser at love. Directed by Stephen Frears, the movie deploys musical esoterica and wryly personal hit-parade lists to capture a quirky urban singles world. A film review by Stephen Holden, Page 15.

Jesse McKinley reviews comedy acts at mainstream and alternative clubs around New York; photos (M)

Elian Gonzalez's fate is a complex matter for those who must decide it, but to Cuban-Americans in Miami, the issue is simple -- saving a boy from communism. Page A20.

Article on New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens notes that he is five-time Cy Young Award winner with 247 career victories; photo (M)

Mayor Giuliani and Police Comr Howard Safir, from an expression of sympathy to Patrick M Dorismond's family to examination of when police officers should draw their guns, have in recent days shifted on both the policy and public relations fronts to a soften tone in an effort to ease tensions over fatal police shooting of Dorismond; these entreaties have not all produced the desired results:11 Brooklyn clergy members walk out of meeting arranged by Safir, including Haitian priest who officiated at Dorismond's funeral; clergy members say they are disappointed that Safir would not apologize directly for shooting; photo of Msgr Rollin J Darbouze of Brooklyn (M)

Nasdaq composite index finishes down 186.78 points, or 4 percent, to 4,457.89, fifth-largest point decline ever for Nasdaq; index is down 11.7 percent from peak of 5,048.62 it set less than three weeks ago; slide surpasses 10 percent, benchmark Wall Street uses to define a correction; Dow Jones industrial average drops 38.47 points, or 0.35 percent, to 10,980.25, after being up as much as 125 points; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index drops 20.60 points, or 1.4 percent, to 1,487.92; graphs; charts; photo (M)