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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
Laurence Peter
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