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...jungle called "The Patch," he was the twelfth of 13 children. His father, a factory worker, was usually laid off half the year. "We had," understates Hatcher, "a very difficult time of it." Instead of surrendering to slum life, Hatcher went to Indiana University by dint of a church stipend, a small track scholarship and his willingness to wait on tables. After earning his bachelor's degree, he went to Indiana's Valparaiso University Law School, where he attended class from 8:30 to 3:30 and worked in a hospital from 4 to midnight. After graduation...
...racket consultant" for Slazengers' sporting-goods firm, plus an estimated $11,000 in tax-free "expenses," paid by tournament promoters. That's $27,000 a year-not bad for an amateur. Graebner, for instance, has to get by on $9,000 a year (his stipend as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team). If it were not for the fact that his wife, Carole, also plays tournament tennis and collects her own expense checks, the Graebners would be hard-pressed to make ends meet...
...even though his grandfather was King, Hussein was far from rich. His family lived in a small, unheated villa in Amman, had to make do on a government stipend of $3,000 a year. The house got so cold one winter, he recalls, that his little sister died of pneumonia. The money once ran so low that his mother had to sell his bicycle in order to pay the bills. His fortunes have since improved. In addition to the three royal residences assigned him, he now has a villa at Aqaba. His real home, however, is a modest converted farmhouse...
Fellows receive financial support for research and an additional yearly stipend of between $4500 and $6500. They are appointed for three year periods and pursue their studies free of formal requirements...
Students in the program last year received a ten-week stipend of $600 plus an allowance for travel expenses -- approximately $600 more. Last year's program for ten students cost NSF about...