But while "Into Darkness" isn't improving upon its predecessor domestically, grosses overseas so far are 82% higher than in the same markets over the same time period, Paramount said.

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When Hurricane Sandy plunged her hospital into darkness, she wasn't thinking about how her own home was faring.

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There wasn't a soul on the landscape in the hours of darkness.

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That doesn't mean that we have to push back Turkey into the darkness.

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Even after adjusting the gamma and blackness controls, transitions from scene to scene often resulted in blinding brightness or darkness so intense that, when I turned away, I couldn't make out individual items on a desk.

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Doesn't seeing the world as it ought to be elevate and enlighten us, offering us a small respite from the darkness?

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