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Article: C. Northcote Parkinson, R I P. (British naval historian) (Editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 12, 1993
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C Northcote Parkinson, who died in March at the age of 83, was at first glance a man of remarkable achievement; and on second glance a man of even more remarkable achievement. A distinguished British naval historian, he was a professor at the University of Malaya in 1955 when his life was transformed by an article he wrote for The Economist, inspiring a Boston publisher to commission what was to be a best-selling book and triggering a second career on the American lecture circuit. His subject entered the language-- "Parkinson's Law": Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Parkinson proved his point with a devastating deadpan discussion of the ...
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