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    Indelible Big Blue Memories: Life in the THINK Tank
    Indelible Big Blue Memories: Life in the THINK Tank
    Indelible Big Blue Memories: Life in the THINK Tank
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    Indelible Big Blue Memories: Life in the THINK Tank

    By Winston C Fraser and John M. Thompson

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    This book tells the unlikely story of a shy farm boy who hated school but ended up working more than 25 years for one of the world’s most successful companies of the 20th century. It is a candid collection of recollections, more than 25 years later, of what life was like working in the world’s premier THINK tank. It highlights b

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWinston Fraser Consulting Inc.
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9780995084247
    Indelible Big Blue Memories: Life in the THINK Tank
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    Winston C Fraser

    A computer consultant by profession, Winston Fraser is a widely published photographer and writer. A book of his photographs, Historic Sites of Canada, was published in 1991. Fraser was the major supplier of photos for National Geographic's Canada Travel Guide. Most recently he has self-published Endangered Species of Country Life. He is a first cousin, once removed, of Charles Clark Fraser.

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