"It is easy to assume that it can be solved by a messy political compromise between powerful states,"

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Well it was a messy system so you'd only get like ninety cents on the dollar.

它是一个混乱的系统,所以一美元的纸币可能就值九十分了。

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And that's a messy company. No one wants to use that.

公司也会变得一团糟，团队也没人敢用。

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Craig was as messy a businessman as his father, but he compensated by hiring strong operational talent.

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If it now confronts a messy war and a messy peace, it is largely because it resorted to force with such inadequate preparation.

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The result is a messy masterpiece, a portrait of turbulent transition, that constantly risks falling on its face but almost never does.

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