The fee is so small that doctors used to earn extra money through the sale of drugs.

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Others believe that traditional prohibitions on women working outside the home outweigh the extra money they could earn.

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This was Mohammed's day off from her job as a housekeeper at the Ritz-Carlton in the heart of Atlanta, and her first chance to rest after having taken extra shifts over the holidays to earn additional money.

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