If 2012 was the year the Korean Wave came ashore around the world, then certainly Lee Jay-Hyun made one of the biggest splashes.

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Lee of TSA emphasized that the images Coney refers to do not represent millimeter wave technology but rather "backscatter" technology, which she said TSA is not using at this time.

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Local filmmaking reached another pinnacle in the 1970s with martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, and entered another influential era a decade later with New Wave and Second Wave directors like John Woo and Wong Kar-wai.

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The real action is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, where a tropical wave has been getting itself together over the last day and is likely to congeal into Tropical Storm Lee.

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