Although the job can pay relatively well, it comes with a range of costs, from a stylish wardrobe and frequent hairdresser appointments to cellphone calls and Valentine's Day gifts for clients.

虽然这份工作可以得到相对不菲的报酬，但它也带来了一系列的花销：从时髦的服饰和频繁的美发到一个接一个的电话以及为客户准备的情人节礼物。

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Yet fund managers’ inboxes remain stuffed with brokers’ research notes; calls from salesmen are no less frequent; pay packets are just as fat.

可是基金经理的收件箱里仍然塞满经纪人发来的研究纪要；销售人员打来的电话也是频繁不减当年；他们的工资也是和从前一样可观。

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At the same time, the simple structural device that propels the play the incoming calls that keep the pay phone of Becker's Car Service ringing at frequent but unpredictably irregular intervals ensures that the action will never be sidetracked by the savory digressions with which the script is salted.

WSJ: Jitney | August Wilson | The Verbal Music of Life | Theater Review by Terry Teachout