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Those?who?gain?fame?most?often?gain?it?as?a?result?of?exploiting?their?talent?for?singing,?dancing,?painting,?or?writing,?etc.?They?develop?a?style?that?agents?market?aggressively?to?hastenpopularity,?and?their?ride?on?the?express?elevator?to?the?top?is?a?blur.?Most?would?be?hard-pressed?to?tell?you?how?they?even?got?there.?Artists?cannot?remain?idle,?though.?When?the?performer,?painter?or?writer?becomes?bored,?their?work?begins?to?show?a?lack?of?continuity?in?its?appeal?and?it?becomes?difficult?to?sustain?the?attention?of?the?public.?After?their?enthusiasm?has?dissolved,?the?public?simply?moves?on?to?the?next?flavor?of?the?month.?Artists?who?do?attempt?to?remain?current?by?making?even?minute?changes?to?their?style?of?writing,?dancing?or?singing,?run?a?significant?risk?of?losing?the?audiences?favor.?The?public?simply?discounts?styles?other?than?those?for?which?the?artist?has?become?famous.? As?a?welfare?client?Im?expected?to?bow?before?the?caseworker.?Deep?down,?caseworkers?know?that?they?are?being?made?fools?of?by?many?of?their?clients,?and?they?feel?they?are?entitled?to?have?clients?bow?to?them?as?compensation.?Im?not?being?bitter.?Most?caseworkers?begin?as?college-educated?liberals?with?high?ideals.?But?after?a?few?years?in?a?system?that?practically?requires?people?to?lie,?they?become?like?the?one?I?shall?call?Suzanne,?a?detective?in?shorts. It?is?easy?to?talk?about?having?high?moral?standards?but,?in?practice,?what?would?one?really?do?in?such?a?situation??Some?time?ago?a?British?car?manufacturer?was?accused?of?operating?a?fund?to?pay?bribes,?and?of?other?questionable?practices?such?as?paying?agents?and?purchasers?an?exaggerated?commission,?offering?additional?discounts,?and?making?payments?to?numbered?bank?accounts?in?Switzerland.?The?company?rejected?these?charges?and?they?were?later?withdrawn.Nevertheless,?at?that?time,?there?were?people?in?the?motor?industry?in?Britain?who?were?prepared?to?say?in?private:?Look,?were?in?a?very?competitive?business.?Every?year?