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The article you are sending is Salvaging the unsalvageables - INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION | Ten years ago it seemed that Romanian adoption was a feel-good tale about abandoned kids whose stories could now end, "And they lived happily ever after." The reality has been different: Some adoptions went smoothly and the children's lives are much better. Others suffered complications. And many were left behind.