The law-breaking began recently, only a few years ago, after Mr. Taylor had built a reputation as a dutiful manager who spent 14 years working in the same McDonald's franchise in Manhattan.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has figured out that the awards and speeches, with their dutiful thank yous to managers and labels, are the dull part.
"He's been my boss for 27 years; he's a great man," the hotel manager dutifully tells Mr. Trump.
Tour manager Brian Wilson stands his dutiful guard outside the van, making absolutely sure the band makes good time and arrives in southern California in time for load-in and soundcheck.
Xi's also relying on investment into the CSL by oligarchical owners, as dutiful diligence to China, to acquire the best managers or former players to manage CSL club teams.
Aspiring young managers attend these sessions and with a seemingly dutiful eagerness learn to repeat the formulas under the watchful eyes of senior officials.
The coach dutifully obliged.
Regulators have reduced risk managers to box checkers, making sure they take every measure of risk and report it dutifully on extensive forms.
Reviewing Moonraker, she wrote "Roger Moore is dutiful and passive as Bond; his clothes are neatly pressed and he shows up for work, like an office manager who is turning into dead wood but hanging on to collect his pension".
Moore dutifully thanked her agent, her manager, her brother, her sister, her parents, her husband, her co-stars, and the filmmakers, and she gave an elegant nod to people with Alzheimer's.
