January 16, 2000

Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Washington Redskins, 14-13, in National Football Conference playoff game; photos (M)

Tie wearing may be on rebound after falling prey to creative-executive look; number of ties sold is down, but sales are up in dollar terms as men buy more expensive ties; photo (M)

the passages of paris and of benjamin's mind**Herbert Muschamp article on arcades of Paris, as described in Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project, just now published in first full English-language edition; sprawling, fragmented meditation on ethos of 19th-century Paris was left incomplete in 1940 on death of Benjamin, whose essays on Berlin and Paris have long been required reading in art and architecture schools around world; photos (M)

Felicia R Lee Coping column focuses on what parents can teach their children about Rev Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights movement; drawing (M)

Chechnya Arms Smuggling The country that borders Chechnya says that Russian troops fighting in that secessionist region sold some of their weapons on the black market, and the arms are being smuggled back to Chechen rebels. PAGE 12 Croatia Resists Refugees Almost five years after Croatia promised to allow refugees from the Yugoslav wars to return home, those who want to come back still face endless obstacles. PAGE 4