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An obsession with incompetence that he parlayed into his best-selling book, The Peter Principle, has led Dr. Laurence J. Peter, former Vancouver profe(...)
An obsession with incompetence that he parlayed into his best-selling book, The Peter Principle, has led Dr. Laurence J. Peter, former Vancouver profe(...)

An obsession with incompetence that he parlayed into his best-selling book, The Peter Principle, has led Dr. Laurence J. Peter, former Vancouver profe(...)

Date10/24/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: An obsession with incompetence that he parlayed into his best-selling book; The Peter Principle; has led Dr. Laurence J. Peter; former Vancouver professor; to write another 11; including latest; Why Things Go Wrong.
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Object NumberTSPA_0100077F
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