This function inputs time series stored in ASCII in a format that
the first line in the file is a title, next few lines, beginning with a \#, are comments,
and the remaining lines contain the data. Here is an example:
Changes In Global Temperature, Annual, 1880-1985
#Surface air "temperature change" for the globe, 1880-1985.
#Degrees Celsius. "Temperature change" actually means temperature
#Surface Air Temperature", `Journal of Geophysical Research`, Vol. 92,
-.40 -.37 -.43 ....
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.27 .42 .02 .30 .09 .05