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The Town Square Gazette is pleased to report that the Square has hired a team of meteorologists, together with one scientist who says they can control the weather. The meteorologists have brought charts, thermometers and a commendably serious approach to clouds. The scientist has brought several switches and declined to say where the lightning comes from. Between them, they can now arrange clear skies, rain, snow and storms. Until now, weather in the Square was managed according to the traditional method: somebody looked up, somebody else disagreed and a third person said it looked like it might rain later. The new staff have replaced this with a proper forecast, which is considerably more official. Rain: enough to justify concern, but not enough to cancel the meeting. Snow: falling gently over matters that were already taking longer than expected. Storm: the Weather Office demonstrating that it has access to atmosphere. Readers may observe that these official moving pictures proceed…

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