I have the edge on him.

That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.

After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.

Why a girl like you should be named Shirley is beyond me. You haven't a ruffle or a furbelow anywhere in your nature. Is that meant for an insult? she asked, flushing angrily. No, it's just that it's incongruous. You are the 'give us this day our daily bread' sort of person. Shirley is party stuff.