They also said it was a bad idea for the United States to take control of any nation in the Caribbean.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

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

Conservatives object to the cost, and the idea of what they say is just another bailout for the car industry.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The idea was to make it easier for prisoners to rejoin their communities after they served their jail sentences.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

A few of the stolen e-mails showed open dislike for scientists who oppose the idea of human-influenced global warming.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

The idea of her little family looking fresh and new for once in their lives made her restless with excitement.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Robert Fulton would say for the rest of his life that he had no idea why he said such a thing.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows how that idea can influence what parents order for their children.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

For many years after Mister Harrison's work was completed, the idea of using a clock to learn longitude was rejected.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

The idea is to use private capital and private asset managers to help set a market value for the securities.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

The words hot potato,for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression,hot potato.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

His idea for the original drawing came from a piece of music by the English composer Ralph Vaughn-Williams.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Pete Yorn says the idea for the album was based on the songs of French entertainer Serge Gainsbourg and actress Brigitte Bardot.

VOA: special.2009.10.09