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Adoption Presents Couples with Myriad Choices

NPR | By Elaine Korry
Published December 23, 2004 at 11:00 PM CST
Mohan Vemulapalli and his wife Marie Spark are in the process of adopting a child from Russia.
Elaine Korry, NPR
Mohan Vemulapalli and his wife Marie Spark are in the process of adopting a child from Russia.

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Elaine Korry
Elaine Korry is an NPR contributor based in San Francisco. From August 2004-June 2007 she worked as an NPR senior reporter covering social policy for NPR, with a focus on education, and on the lives of the nation's most vulnerable citizens — the homeless, those living in poverty, working in low wage positions, and trying to find their way to a more stable life.
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