They are lit with a striking blue light and seem to glow in the dark room.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

"It's a striking number, almost twice the average wage in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

And for all Thursday's celebrations - big and small the skies in Beijing were clear and blue, a striking departure from the heavy fog of a day earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The man in the soft felt hat, kneeling by the reclining woman and supporting her with an arm wrapped around her shoulders bears a striking resemblance to a certain fictional archaeologist.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Nanodiamonds are produced under only a very high temperature and high pressure event, such as a comet striking Earth.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

He also set a team record by striking out fourteen batters, including the last seven he faced.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Woody Guthrie was a voice for labor unions and striking workers and families beaten down by the Great Depression in the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

The saying warns against striking too high, or a chip might fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Hardwick said the police regularly train using a variety of so-called crowd control distraction techniques - namely hitting,striking and kicking.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

The scenes of striking workers at factory gates have become a regular sight in the past month.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Jon Alterman says King Abdullah is striking a delicate balance between the two powers - because China needs Saudi oil and the Saudis need U.S.security to keep the oil flowing worldwide.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The head of the Beirut-based Carnegie Center for Peace in the Middle East,Paul Salem, says Arab states like Libya and Egypt are trying to demonstrate they are independent of the West by striking a middle-ground with respect to President Bashir.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"The challenge of Iran truly today, has been revealed more than ever with their most recent missile test which has a capability of striking to the West as far as southeastern Europe,Turkey, but to the East could strike our allies in Pakistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20