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Once Lonely, Mojave Desert Phone Now World's Companion
November 1999 by Associated Press
Now, from all corners of the world, at all hours of the day and night, people call, trying to reach out and touch someone. Anyone, really, who might happen to be passing by when the Mojave Phone Booth starts ringing.Bum Luck
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