Word: spenglerism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger has been heard to remark around Washington that "Nixon will save us from the hardhats"; but in his undergraduate days, the men alertinging him to the danger of historical collapse were made of more sterling stuff. Kissinger read with particular concern the works of Oswald Spengler, whose dire predictions about the fall of the West had a measurable impact on the young refugee student. The historical forces shaping his early background had recked of decadence. A colleague, Stanley Hoffmann, would remark later that Kissinger "walked in a way with the ghost of Spengler at his side...
...Mile: Tom Spengler and Jeff Brokaw
Mile: Jon Enscoe and Tom Spengler...
Thornton also took first in the two mile. Dartmouth's Tom Shiland took an early lead in that race followed closely by Harvard's Tom Spengler and Jeff Brokaw. By the last lap, the race for first narrowed to Spengler, Penn's Bob Childs and Thornton, who pulled up steadily throughout the race...
Thornton kicked on the final turn and pulled far ahead, winning the race by about 15 yards. Spengler and Childs battled their way to the line where Childs nipped the 1970 champion. Thornton was timed at 8:55.3 while Childs ran 8:57.5. Spengier was 1 seconds behind...