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...Korea stumbled toward democracy in the '90s, the lid popped off. Talented young directors, many trained overseas, began making powerful films that often shocked audiences with graphic depictions of sex and violence. Technical quality improved steadily and genres multiplied. Shiri, released in 1999, was the breakthrough. Hollywood-style in its pacing and punch, it probed the still-sensitive issue of relations between the two Koreas through the story of a North Korean assassin who falls in love with a South Korean counterintelligence agent. The film sold 5.8 million tickets, shattering the previous record for a locally made movie...
...place in history as a leader who won security for Israel at the negotiating table. And like Arafat, the absence of a peace process leaves him threatened with political extinction. Arafat and Peres shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for their Oslo effort. But even if a new breakthrough were possible, right now, neither man appears to have the freedom of maneuver to choreograph...
...actually prevent the virus from entering the body? They think, oh, well, you wouldn?t have given me this if it didn?t work," Dr. Laurence says. "So people go out and engage in high-risk behaviors, because they feel invincible, and then we see the inevitable emergence of breakthrough infections...
LIGHT FANTASTIC The hot new gadget at this week's National Hardware Show in Chicago is a breakthrough in...night-light technology? Yep, the Elumina Dimmable, available this fall for $5.99, is the most sophisticated device of its kind ever made. Its features include 10 brightness settings, an extra-long life-span and a special sheath that extends to cover the night-light's plug when it is removed from its outlet--to reduce the risk of bedtime shocks...
...Another technological breakthrough occurred when Klint began playing around with wood lamination - a sandwich of thin pieces glued together - that the British had developed for airplanes in response to a lack of aluminum. The result is shapes that can be twisted and turned like plastic and yet remain sturdy. "Danish designers try to make their ideas suitable for industrial production,'' says Krogh. "It's something to do with our mentality that we don't like to do things that are very ornate." Krogh claims his own first: he used what is called precompressed wood, a process invented in Denmark...