51.   He says only that his family settled in Hackensack, N.J., where he parked cars and washed dishes while studying for his medical boards.

52.   He washed dishes and cooked in restaurants, all odd jobs that did not require fingerprint checks.

53.   He washed dishes and waited tables in a Middle Eastern restaurant, leaving his road work and training to late in the night.

54.   He worked in restaurants, including washing dishes, and sold hot dogs on the pier in Long Beach, Calif.

55.   He was careful with money, though, and washed dishes at the Tee Pee Tap Room, a neighborhood spot the family patronized often.

56.   He was willing to do anything, even wash dishes.

57.   Helping Mom clean was a popular one, as was taking care of pets and washing dishes.

58.   He was also her sous-chef, chopping and mincing vegetables for her early television shows, helping with scripts, and often pitching in to wash dishes.

59.   Her parents, originally from Thailand, own a restaurant in Timonium, Md., called the Bangkok Place, where Chuasiriporn washed dishes as a child.

60.   He was still washing dishes to keep the place going.