The "girl" in all these books is Lisbeth Salander, an independent young woman with a very dark and secretive past.

VOA: special.2010.08.18

Rockets explode to fill the dark, night sky with bright reds and blues, with yellows and greens and whites.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

In "Family of Man," a dark-haired, light-eyed woman with a bright blue head covering looks intensely at something hidden from view.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

And not completely dark. The National Park Service has enough lighting to see many of the beautiful formations all around.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

So I went through the dark dirty streets and houses, and saw how the people suffered in this area.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

As he tells it,one day he looked in the window of a school and noticed how dark it was.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

The child hurried the cow through the dark forest, following a narrow path that led to her grandmother's home.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

They are hoping to learn more about dark matter in an effort to better understand how the universe expands and shrinks.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

In other cities and smaller towns, local people listen to band concerts and watch fireworks explode in a dark sky.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

This is because lighter colors take in less of the strong heat of the sun than dark colors do.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

She is easily frightened. For example, she is too chicken-livered to walk down a dark street alone at night.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Max Arthur Cohn's painting "Coal Tower" shows the dark form of a coal tower against a light sky.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.Then I'll go,too."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

At a black-tie event, the men dress in tuxedos or dark suits and the women wear fancy dresses.

VOA: special.2009.12.28