In a country of 1.2 billion people, where more than half the population lives in chronic poverty according to a recent UN report, the supply of people willing to take part in tests for very modest fees is inexhaustible.
(In fact, Darrow's modest fee was decided by the Bar Association).
"Our Old Navy customers love the flat rate because it's simple, transparent and a modest fee is something they understand," Mr. Lenk said.
Modest fees have been introduced to reduce the 40% drop-out rate, but political courage did not stretch to bringing in entry restrictions based on performance at school, which explains why German students are now piling in.
(The Packers do charge ticket holders a one-time user fee to help pay for renovations, but the prices are relatively modest and the fees are refunded if they give up their tickets).
A small quantity of copra is produced for export, the sale of stamps accounts for modest earnings, and fees are collected from foreign fishing fleets, but the country depends heavily on foreign aid.
They tour the provinces of 19th-century Europe, casting out imaginary demons for modest fees, but are then called upon to face a genuine supernatural threat: an ageless sorceress (Monica Bellucci) who stays young by bathing in the blood of virgins.
Its fees are modest, about 6,900 rand a year, but that is still a lot for someone from Soweto.
His own fees are modest, at least by American standards, ranging from nothing to 45 pounds (roughly $75).
But that is no comfort to Ms. Sekhsaria, whose family ended up spending tens of thousands of dollars to send her to a private dental school after she was turned down for a government medical school, where the fees are modest.
