Which is partly why investors tell me they no longer believe that Spain can muddle through just with a rescue provided by the eurozone's bailout funds, the EFSF and ESM, of its banks.

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We'll have to muddle through, with just about everybody unhappy with either the result or how it was achieved.

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"The songs can rock, but at the same time, halfway through, the whole thing can just crumble into this chaotic feedback-y muddle and then the song will slowly come back together, " Browne says.

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New concoctions and creative marketing have helped beverage companies muddle through, but the simple fact is that there are just too many of them.

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