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reading tomorrow in the gut of a bird, with a straight face and a state salary.
job titleRoman augurs were official priests of state divination
the skyThey divided the heavens into ritual viewing quadrants
bird brainsEagles, ravens, owls each meant different omens
word fossilInaugurate literally means consulting the birds first
chicken oracleSacred fowl refusing to eat foretold doom