And by a skillful and unobtrusive use of imagery ( the enclosure is called a `` Roman-camp stockade '', the hastily erected lean-to is a `` Babylonian hovel '', the men begin to look like `` Peruvian mummies '' and to acquire `` Gothic faces '' ), Malraux projects a fresco of human endurance -- which is also the endurance of the human -- stretching backward into the dark abyss of time.

The heterogeneous, lamellar microstructure, called pearlite, consists of the phases cementite ( light ) and ferrite ( dark ).

Cosmologists therefore invoke a yet unexplored form of energy called dark energy ( dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to accelerate the expansion of the universe ) which account for certain cosmological observations mostly related to " accelerating expansion of Universe ".

This is called dark energy.

Betting on don't pass is often called " playing the dark side ," and it is considered by some players to be in poor taste, or even taboo, because it goes directly against conventional play.

This came to be called the " cathode dark space ", " Faraday dark space " or " Crookes dark space ".

There are three prominent hypotheses on nonbaryonic dark matter, called Hot Dark Matter ( HDM ), Warm Dark Matter ( WDM ), and Cold Dark Matter ( CDM ); some combination of these is also possible.

He called it damp and dark.

A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component called dark matter.

Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album created a dark sound different from other bands at the time and has been called the first ever " Goth-rock " record.

The popularity of 4AD bands resulted in the creation of a similar US label called Projekt Records, which produces what is colloquially termed ethereal wave, a subgenre of dark wave music.

This took on a dark tone with the creation of what is today often called the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of alien extra-dimensional deities and horrors which predate humanity, and which are hinted at in aeon-old myths and legends.

* Helped to design the first professional video clip of " Böhse Onkelz " called " Dunkler Ort " ( dark location ) from their album " Ein böses Märchen ... aus tausend finsteren Nächten ", which was released in 2000.

Hashish may be solid or resinous depending on the preparation ; pressed hashish is usually solid, whereas water-purified hashish — often called " bubble melt hash "— is often a paste-like substance with varying hardness and pliability, its color most commonly light to dark brown but varying toward green, yellow, black or red.

The color dark imperial blue is the color called imperial blue on the ISCC-NBS color list.

Most of the dark parts of its body are medium gray instead of black, although it has a dark gray patch called a " dorsal cape " stretching back from its forehead to just behind its dorsal fin.

The daughters find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called susuwatari — small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places.

BCE, late PPNB ( PPNB récent ) ( 4 ) between 7500 and 7000 BC and a PPNB ( sometimes called PPNC ) transitional stage ( PPNB final ) ( 5 ) where Halaf and dark faced burnished ware begin to emerge between 6900-6400 cal.

Similar nebulae not illuminated by stars do not exhibit visible radiation, but may be detected as opaque clouds blocking light from luminous objects behind them ; they are called " dark nebulae ".

In astrophysics and physical cosmology, Olbers ' paradox, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers and also called the " dark night sky paradox ", is the argument that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and eternal static universe.

The " Emu in the sky ," a constellation defined by dark clouds rather than the stars.

The article reflects the writer's appreciation of a city that provides its residents with both " the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy ," and concludes with a dark note touching upon the forces that may destroy the city that the writer loves.

T. S. Eliot's use of a quotation from Heart of Darkness —" Mistah Kurtz, he dead "— as an epigraph to the original manuscript of his poem The Hollow Men contrasted its dark horror with the presumed " light of civilization ," and suggested the ambiguity of both the dark motives of civilization and the freedom of barbarism, as well as the " spiritual darkness " of several characters in Heart of Darkness.

:: A few years after the publication of my first written story, " Incommunicado ," written 1947 and published 1950, I was taking a break from two weeks of typing, walking down Fifth Avenue, noticing vaguely that there were no coffee shops, and the storefronts were closed and it was dark.

Apologists of Freemasonry contend that, when Albert Pike and other Masonic scholars spoke about the " Luciferian path ," or the " energies of Lucifer ," they were referring to the Morning Star, the light bearer, the search for light ; the very antithesis of dark, satanic evil.

" Ventura will hunt down answers, plunging viewers into a world of secret meetings, midnight surveillance, shifty characters and dark forces ," truTV said in a statement.

Chirac stated that " the combat against the dark forces of intolerance and hate is never definitively won ," and called Dreyfus " an exemplary officer " and a " patriot who passionately loved France.

The Washington Post called it " a fascinating story ," and " a simple story of ghetto life, showing that love, faith, and loyalty are not unknown quantities in this dark sphere.

Looking back, Smith felt that the album's pervasive mood gave him " a reputation for being a really dark, depressed person ," and said that he later made a conscious move toward more diverse moods in his music.

Julian Rushton suggests that any solution must satisfy five criteria, three of which stemming from the above quotations: a " dark saying " must be involved ; the theme " is not played "; the theme should be " well known ", as Elgar stated multiple times ; Dora Penny ( to whom Elgar also wrote the Dorabella Cipher ) should have been, " of all people ," the one to solve the Enigma ; and finally, the details mentioned in the notes accompanying the pianola rolls may be part of the solution.

The Emperor created the Space Marines, and their leaders the Primarchs, for use in " The Great Crusade ," a two-century effort to re-unite the far-flung colonies of humanity following a " dark age " known as the " Age of Strife " and also as " Old Night ".

*" The letters " is most likely a reference to the Letter to the Corinthians, or First Epistle to the Corinthians, which uses the phrase " dark mirror ," also used by Dream to describe him.

By the mid 1950 ’ s however, close to a decade after the completion of the first " multiforms ," Rothko began to employ dark blues and greens ; for many critics of his work this shift in colors was representative of a growing darkness within Rothko ’ s personal life.

His selections indicated a taste for paranoia and " the darkest of dark comedy ," according to a writer for The New York Times, and included Frenzy, Dr. Strangelove, Brewster McCloud, The Big Clock, The Seventh Victim, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 version ), Seconds, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 version ).

Pullman cars were normally a dark " Pullman green ," although some were painted in the host railroad's colors.

The band then recorded Black Sails in the Sunset ( 1999 ), a musical turning point which introduced AFI fans to a much darker sound, mixing the band's original hardcore roots with dark romantic influences ( a poem by Charles Baudelaire, " De profundis clamavi ," is present in the hidden track " Midnight Sun ") and an emphasis on a more somber atmosphere and lyrics.

Lyrically, the album was dark and serious to an unprecedented degree, with introspective tracks like " All Her Favorite Fruit " and " Come On Darkness ," although the lyrics were not devoid of satire.

Extensive use of the drug tints the sclera, cornea and iris of the user to a dark shade of blue, called " blue-in-blue " or " the Eyes of Ibad ," which is something of a source of pride among the Fremen and a symbol of their tribal bond.

He called television " a school for violence ," and said " If I should meet an unruly youngster in a dark alley, I prefer it to be one who has not seen Bonnie and Clyde.

Nietzsche in the same passage ( Part I, section 5 ) makes some of his most controversial pronouncements, wondering for instance if "... the conqueror and master race, the Aryan, is not succumbing physiologically ," to a " dark, black-haired aboriginal " race of pre-Aryans It is a matter of scholarly debate whether or not Nietzsche intended such statements to be understood literally or figuratively and similarly there may be doubts about whether or not Theognis advocated eugenics or social selection when making such statements as this:

" Don't Let's Start "' s lyrics include a number of dark, pointed statements as " everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful ," John Linnell has repeatedly insisted that some of its lyrical twists, though pondered extensively by fans, were constructed to complement the melody and are not always meaningful.

Although he later referred to it as his " greatest blunder ," it has been found to correspond quite well to the theories of dark energy.