It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t the top men in industry earn (36) salaries for the services they (37) to their companies and their countries
Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign (38) often more than large (39) concerns --and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual (40) to the exchequer. So who would (41) them their rewards
It’ll be all very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and (42) of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars (43) only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. (44) .
He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. (45) . He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed: (46) . That’s the essence of private enterprise.
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A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pensi......