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Satellite photos of western North Dakota at night, aglitter like a metropolis with lighted rigs and burning flares, crystallized its rapid transformation from tight-knit agricultural society to semi-industrialized oil powerhouse.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2014

A melancholy fact of contemporary life is that almost anyone�any industrialized or semi-industrialized nation�can build a nuclear capability, including weapons of war.

From Time Magazine Archive

The annual growth rate since 1962 has averaged 9.3%, allowing South Korea to transform itself into a semi-industrialized state that may soon leave the ranks of the underdeveloped nations.

From Time Magazine Archive