Janai Nelson and Crystal Granderson-Reid thought of the idea for the dolls during a play date for their children.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

Retired Special English writer Paul Thompson once saw a crystal bracelet in a store.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Paul lifted the crystal glass of champagne and drank the cold,precious,bubbling wine.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Most sand is made of quartz, a hard silicon crystal.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

And the crystal drinking glasses shined even more brightly.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

I tried simple glass, crystal and even precious stones.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

The lights sparkled from crystal chandeliers.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Both Crystal and Jansen point to email as an example of people misunderstanding the Internet's overall effect.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Crystal also points to several studies by scholars of the Coventry University in England and University of Washington that support the same theme.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Jansen has worked in the Internet industry since 1994 and agrees with Crystal that what we're seeing is more ways to use language to communicate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

While the Internet's use of language might change rapidly over the next few years, Johnson,Crystal and Jansen all point out that educators need to ensure that students maintain an academic understanding of the use and rules of language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"If someone had told me in law school,even, that I have a crystal ball and I see in your future that you're an art lawyer, I probably would've said, 'What in the world is an art lawyer?'" Because there weren't any.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26