Elizabeth Larsen

Lecturer in Journalism, University of Minnesota

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Freelance writer and professor at the University of Minnesota Journalism School

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Spurred by church groups, charities and Hollywood stars, American families had been adopting foreign children at an increasing rate.

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Spurred by church groups, charities and Hollywood stars, American families had been adopting foreign children at an increasing rate.

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