Word: bergson
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...poetry. He has presented the first really competent and thorough discussion of Stevens' early work, most of which appeared in the Harvard Advocute and which Stevens later said gave him "the creeps" when re-eading them, and he is extremely helpful in tracing the formative influences on Stevens: Pater, Bergson, and especially George Santayana, who was a friend and teacher of Stevens while he was at Harvard. Morse's discussion of Stevens' three plays, with their curious chinoiserie, fanciful staging, and playfully symbolic characters is intelligent and helpful. And his account of the poems that were added, deleted, and emended...
...This rule points up another obscure, but actual Faculty corollary, passed last January, called the Bergson Rule. The Bergson Rule, named after Abram Bergson, professor of Economics, says that if any proposal is passed at a Faculty meeting attended by less than a third of the Faculty, the next meeting has a right to over-rule the motion. This tidbit is mentioned only to show how absurdly formalistic the Faculty has now become...
...Abram Bergson, professor of Economics, proposed an amendment to the new version of the resolution, aimed at a sentence reading, "In making decisions which concern the community as a whole or any part of the community, officers are expected to consult with those affected by the decision...
...Bergson proposed the addition of the words "whenever circumstances permit" after the phrase "officers are expected...
...Bergson's amendment-also rewriting that same paragraph-was not voted on, as Rosenblatt withdrew the resolution as soon as the Hughes amendment passed...