Word: spenglerism
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...Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein and Alice in Wonderland. Tear these into tiny fragments and scatter them on the stage. Austrian Playwright Peter Handke, 29, is a derivative word-vandal. He is currently quite the vogue in Europe, which suggests that the decline of the West is progressing more rapidly than Spengler envisioned...
This is certainly true, but there's another factor. Harvard doesn't have runners this year like Keith Colburn and Tom Spengler, but it is a solid team. What's happened, as a long time cross country fan told this reporter last week, is that the level of the Ivy League has risen considerably. In particular, Penn has done a lot of recruiting, and it shows. Their performance throughout the year and their effortless win in the Heps in particular, are monuments to the efforts of controversial Penn coach Jim Tuppeny in this area...
DEPENDING on how one looked at them, the happenings in and around Manhattan's Mark Hellinger Theater last week would have confuted the claims of Jesus, or confirmed the dark suspicions of Oswald Spengler, who liked to think that the twilight of Western civilization will be marked not by true religion, but by an upsurge of fervid religiosity. Jesus Christ Superstar, the rock opera that is rocking Broadway's new season, is show biz with a twist: Director Tom O'Horgan, who was influenced by Olsen & Johnson, has made it into a sort of Heavenzapoppin...
...same meet, Ritson ran second in 25:26 and also topped the previous record of 25:29.8 set by Harvard's Tom Spengler...
...Quaker Julio Piazza won the race easily, but four Harvard runners destroyed Penn's depth and the Crimson took an easy victory. Last year, Penn used the same tactic, and although Harvard's Tom Spengler won without problem, no less than six Penn runners came in directly behind...