D90 NEFs really dark in Lightroom

Using MacBook Pro. Lightroom 2.3. D90 NEF's are really dark when I open them in Lightroom. Compared to NX2. I have to boost exposure quite a bit to get them even close. Using Camera Calibration doesn't help. Any help would be appreciated.

Follow up remark...What this person describes below is exactly what I'm experiencing.....
....I'm a bit of a newbie in the world of dSLR photography (1.5 months), and I just wanted to pose a question because it's been bugging me ever since I got the camera.
So I've basically been using Lightroom to import my RAW files and do my PP. I had tried NX2 but I didn't like it that much. I loved the interface of Lightroom. However, the problem is that it "tweaks" the file after I import it. For a couple of seconds, it displays an embedded JPEG preview that looks so much better than the "tweaked" version that Adobe has after it reads the file.
I was wondering if there was a preset I can apply to the file in order to make it look as close to the "camera" version as possible.
Let me know if I'm a bit too confusing because I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terminology for this.

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