We stopped in front of the big table; its surface covered with a mess of coffee cups, saucers and dinner plates, all sitting crooked on dozens of folded paper napkins.

我们在大餐桌前停下来，桌上满是杂乱的咖啡杯、子和餐盘，他们都歪歪斜斜的，下面压着几十张着好的餐巾纸。

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Instead of the usual dreary Windows logo, the screen showed only a big blurry blue mess that was soon covered with giant, flickering icons.

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No more Earned Income Credit, no Minimum Alternative Tax, Child Tax Credit, Marriage Tax Penalty, Employer Plan Covered restrictions, and other pointless regulations that make the system a complete mess.

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