National Football League will play its full 16-game regular-season schedule; Commissioner Paul Tagliabue says unsettled issues are whether officials will resolve their dispute with league and be back at work this week and whether playoff field will be resuced from 12 to 8 teams (M)

N.F.L. Will Keep 16-Game Regular Season

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other officials acknowledge that there is very little chance of any more survivors of World Trade Center attack being found; grim appraisal of search efforts foretells impending shift in operations at site of devastation, away from careful raking of debris to more straightforward demolition job; 'pinging' of black box from hijacked plane may have been detected in rubble; photo (M)

At the Site, Little Hope Of Uncovering Survivors

Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld says difficulty in identifying bombing targets in Afghanistan is leading Pentagon to develop broader, more unconventional type of campaign; leaves door open to use of ground troops, including commando units; says US must use full spectrum of its capabilities; administration's consideration of military action beyond classic air campaign reflects recognition that terrorists are elusive, and that Afghanistan, which shelters them, is so impoverished that it offers scarce set of targets; map (M)

Scarcity of Afghanistan Targets Prompts U.S. to Change Strategy

Swiss Life says six-month net profit fell to $157 million; revenue from gross premiums was up slightly over last year but operating expenses for insurance were less than half of last year's (S)

World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Insurer's Profit Falls

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses decision by Herb Brown to coach US men's basketball team at Maccabiah Games; US wins championship with victory over Israel; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Giving In Wasn't The Answer

Seth Weitzman, elementary school principal in Larchmont, NY, writes My Job column on how terrorist attacks on New York and Washington affected children in his school; photo (M)

Trying to Regain Equilibrium in a World Turned Upside Down

Largest retail chains, including Wal-Mart Stores, Kmart and Sears, Roebuck & Co, report spending patterns returned to near normal levels during weekend following terrorist attacks, but business remains down from last year; graphs (M)

Consumer Spending Returning to Normal

National Symphony Orchestra to open its subscription season on Sept 20 at Kennedy Center; more than 100 masterpieces from Armory Museum in Kremlin to on on view at Indianapolis Museum of Art, in show title Gifts to the Czars, 1500-1700: Treasures From the Kremlin; photo; comment on exhibition Louis M Eilshemius: An Independent Spirit goes on view at National Academy of Design in Manhattan; photo; Juilliard School's 2001-2 season of more than 650 music, dance and theater performances opens on Sept 22 at Juilliard Theater (M)

Footlights

Procession of world leaders are seeking to convince Bush administration that only multilateral approach based on consultation, hard evidence and UN support will justify use of military power in response to devastating terrorist attacks against World Trade Center and Pentagon; Pres Jiang Zemin of China admonishes Prime Min Tony Blair of Britain and Pres Jacques Chirac of France to tell Pres Bush at upcoming meeting that use of military force should be based on irrefutable evidence and should aim at clear targets to avoid casualties to innocent people; speaks with Pres Vladimir Putin; both leaders denounce terrorism in all its forms; speak of cooperating with UN and each other to develop mechanism for fighting terrorism; number of countries begin calculating potential cost of participation in antiterror effort; photo (M)

World Leaders List Conditions On Cooperation

Brian Curley, Wall Street analyst, writes My Job column on fielding calls from the media in wake of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington (M)

Bush administration announces major expansion of its power to detain immigrants suspected of crimes, including new rules prompted by terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon, that would allow legal immigrants to be detained indefinitely during national emergency; Justice Department, citing new powers, will continue to hold 75 immigrants arrested in connection with attacks; previously faced 24-hour deadline; move draws expressions of concern from civil libertarians and immigration lawyers that rush to respond could erode basic constitutional freedoms; administration, which has authority to rewrite detention rules, is expected to present Congress with broad package of antiterrorism legislation, which civil liberties and privacy groups are pleading with lawmakers not to act hastily on; draft bill would give Justice Department authority to arrest immigrants suspected of terrorism, accelerate process of deporting them and curtail court appeals; Atty Gen John Ashcroft says department is doing everything to harmonize constitutional rights with legal capacity to protect safety and security of individuals; photo (M)

U.S. WIDENS POLICY ON DETAINING SUSPECTS; TROUBLED AIRLINES GET FEDERAL AID PLEDGE

New York Yankees defeat Chicago White Sox, 11-3; photo (M)

Triumph And Cheers Greet Yanks In Return

Ellen Eskenazi, trade show organizer, writes My Job column on how terrorist attacks on New York and Washington are affecting her work; photo (M)

Taiwan wins formal clearance to join World Trade Organization (M)

Taiwan Is Cleared for Membership in W.T.O.

The Bush administration today announced a major expansion of its power to detain immigrants suspected of crimes, including new rules prompted by last week's terrorist attacks that would allow legal immigrants to be detained indefinitely during a national emergency.    Citing the new powers, the Justice Department said it would continue to hold 75 immigrants arrested in connection with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Previously, the department faced a 24-hour deadline on whether to release detained immigrants or charge them with a crime, or with violating the terms of their visa.  

God Bless America, 1918 Irving Berlin song, is outperforming national anthem wherever citizens and untrained singers gather to express feelings about terrorist attacks on country (M)

No. 1 Anthem: 'God Bless America'

R W Apple Jr, in last of three articles from Burgundy and Rhone Valley, discusses marc, heady, earth-tasting French relative of moonshine; notes it is identical to grappa produced in Italy except, unlike grappa, it is aged in wood; photos (L)

A Fine Roughness: On the Trail of a Spirit Called Marc

Germany's Dresdner Bank will extend its reorganizing program by cutting additional 1,300 jobs in effort to reduce costs by 15 percent through end of 2003, or 1.3 billion euros ($1.2 billion) annually (S)

World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Cuts At Bank

Steven Putnam, flight attendant, writes My Job column on how terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have made him rethink flying; photo (M)

News analysis contends that while athletes are among most self-absorbed people and have alienated many fans with increasing inaccessibility and loutish behavior, their image has been somewhat transformed with their response in aftermath of last week's terrorist attacks; says athletes were generous with their time and money, genuine in their hurt and humble in their willingness to step aside; intoxication of idolatry and celebrity was replaced by sobriety of worth as well as well as solemn reassessment of sport's place in culture; photo (M)

Reassessing the Athlete After a Transforming Moment

Fundamental rethinking of airport security is under way in light of recent terrorist hijackings; currently, private airlines and airport operators are responsible for safety without much financial help from government, resulting in tangled system in which industry tries to keep down costs of complying with federal rules and government regulators, sympathetic to industry's problems, do not always insist on levels of security that have been adopted in some countries; some experts say that airport security has become issue of national security and should become function of federal government; other suggestions range from investment of billions of dollars in high-tech systems to simple things like better pay for airport workers; photos (M)

Rethinking The Security At Airports

Bank of Japan reduces its discount rate to 0.1 percent from 0.15 percent, move with little practical effect; bank also says it will coontinue to flood Japanese money market with cash, to ensure that neither companies nor investors are hamstrung by any shortage of credit; move is largely symbolic because much of money it has already made available to banking system has sat unused and there is little call for more; photo (M)

With Little Left, Japan Shaves Rate

Generally low-key crowds at southern end of Union Square Park begin to talk about wanting to get on with life and about grief fatigue, but they still come by the hundreds to makeshift shrines near base of equestrian statue of George Washington; in aftermath of last week's terrorist attack, Union Square has become site of vast homegrown memorial; photos (L)

In a Square, A Sense Of Unity; A Homegrown Memorial Brings Strangers Together

Adidas-Salomon AG agrees to buy 10 percent of Bayern Munich AG, Germany's top soccer club, for 75 million euros ($69 million) in stock; photo (S)

World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Soccer Stake For Adidas

Tesco says first-half sales rose 14 percent, to 11.5 billion pounds ($16.9 billion); net income increased to 324 million pounds ($475 million) from 284 million pounds ($416 million) last year; graph (S)

September 19, 2001

Headlines from September 19, 2001

N.F.L. Will Keep 16-Game Regular Season

At the Site, Little Hope Of Uncovering Survivors

Scarcity of Afghanistan Targets Prompts U.S. to Change Strategy

World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Insurer's Profit Falls

Sports of The Times; Giving In Wasn't The Answer

Billboard 200

Toxicity

Songs In A Minor

Aaliyah

Now 7

No More Drama

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 19, 2001