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Word: limitlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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HEADING eastward over the Arizona desert, high-flying transport pilots can pick up the urban glow of Phoenix from 70 miles out, as the city lies like a blue-white solitaire upon limitless black velvet. Though Phoenix expanded its limits from 17.1 square miles in 1950 to its present 110-square-mile area to make room for a tripled population (373,000), it remains no more than a brightly lit patch upon a landscape characterized by vastness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: ARIZONA: THRIVING OASIS Energy Fills the Open Spaces | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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