It's a surprise not that the Crystal Group exists, but that there were such efforts to keep it under wraps.

CNN: The Branding of Bill Bradley

One of the Crystal Group members is reportedly at work on a Bradley-clan bio modeled after the Clinton spectacular A Man from Hope.

CNN: The Branding of Bill Bradley

Realizing that hiring high-end imagemakers was not the right image for their image-free candidate, the Bradley campaign gagged the Crystal Group last week.

CNN: The Branding of Bill Bradley

The Crystal Group came up with the slogan IT CAN HAPPEN, which has appeared in print ads in New Hampshire and Iowa and is expected to show up in TV ads soon.

CNN: The Branding of Bill Bradley

Since the electrical properties of solids depend on their crystal structures, his group is experimenting with new atomic lattices.

ECONOMIST: Thermoelectrics

Some of the biggest donors included Altria Group, American Crystal Sugar, Dean Foods and Deere and Company.

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The Mom2Mom group, founded by Ms Chavez and Crystal Scott, posted a message on their Facebook page defending their actions, and insisting that they supported the military "110%".

BBC: US military in row over Facebook breast-feeding picture