101.   Luckily for Matt, his adoptive parents, Carolyn and Karlo Salminen, had no such fears.

102.   Melissa, who had been raised by adoptive parents, was married and had two children of her own.

103.   Melanson recalled that she was given to her adoptive parents in a room at the Fontainebleau and a family circle was broken.

104.   More African-Americans have been registering to vote and taking classes to be adoptive parents.

105.   Meanwhile, some adoptees think adoptive parents can approach the job of educating their children with too much zeal.

106.   Moreover, experts fear businesses driven mainly by profit may fleece adoptive parents, bribe women to give up their children, or create an underground market.

107.   Mrs. Levine was brought up by her adoptive parents on an Israeli kibbutz and now lives in Sacramento, Calif.

108.   Most adoptive parents confess that they harbor some deep-seated concerns and unspoken fears.

109.   Mrs. Clack said her children did not know they had other siblings, and she suspects the adoptive parents of the older siblings might be in the same position.

110.   Most adoptive parents want infants or toddlers.