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do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
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Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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