Word: vici
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never chased a twister as did Gene Moore in your American Scene article [June 18], but as a small child I spent many hours, often at night, in a cellar keeping out of the way of twisters in Vici, Okla. These childhood memories are not among my fondest...
...Vici, Okla...
...Vici, after pulling into a gas station, Moore rushes to a phone booth for one more call to the Norman lab. Back in the truck, he exults: "This is it! They're going crazy back there." He floors the accelerator, heading for the tornado's path, so he can get pictures. At 4:09 p.m., the first heavy drops splatter on the windshield, washing away the dead insects. A jumble of blue gray shapes rushes across the sky. Soon chilly blasts of air shake the truck. A windmill in a nearby field whirs crazily. "It's only...
...Suarez can report of the victory to the people of Spain: "Veni. vidi, vici...
...said, "Veni, vidi, vici...