"And it turned out he hadn't backed up any of it,"
said a man in a tan suit and a thin blue tie
with gold stripes on it.

Tom untied the ribbon on the present
"from everybody at Broadthrowmicro".
"Did you pick this out?" he asked Dorrie.

Dennis said something softly to Dorrie.
She knocked over a double marguarita with her elbow.

"Rose picked it out, " said Jack.

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