Grunge songs often express feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and dark humor.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Deep and dark reds, yellows and browns were popular.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

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

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

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

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

VOA: special.2010.08.01

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

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

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

VOA: special.2009.12.28

To dry parsley, tie the plant stems together and hang them upside down in a warm, dark,airy place.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

He could turn off a light and then jump into his bed before the room got dark.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

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

VOA: special.2009.09.18