September 14, 2001

Analysis of aggressive new American foreign policy outlined by Bush administration; nations of world are given stark choice: stand with US against terrorism and deny safe havens to terrorists or face certain prospect of death and destruction; senior officials cast aside niceties of diplomatic language and military restraint that US manifested in dealing with past terrorist attacks; they now talk of campaign that could involve American forces in protracted fighting against countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan and even Pakistan, which occupies vital strategic position south of Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden is believed to be based; by equating acts of terrorism and even harboring of terrorists with acts of war, administration is going well beyond traditional international practice, saying in effect that there are no neutral states and no clear geographical confines; photo (M)

New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stock market will resume trading on Sept 17, as Wall Street continues to reel from devastating terrorist attack; leaders of markets want to make sure that reopening will not interfere with rescuers working to save victims and recover bodies at collapsed World Trade Center towers; photo (M)

Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn are blanketed with bits of paper of all shapes and sizes, drifting from sky since attack on World Trade Cetner and falling to earth miles away; some papers are personal, some official; some of people to whom papers belong are among fortunate survivors, some are not; photos (M)

Anna Kisselgoff reviews Carmen as presented by Spanish dance company, La Cuadra de Sevilla, at City Center; photos (S)

Status of motorcycles as collectibles increases with second Sotheby's sale and upcoming show at Guggenheim Museum's new branch in Las Vegas; photo (S)