Perhaps M&S will become a powerful example of the merits of takeover battles, even unsuccessful ones for without the bid, the firm would probably have muddled on without Mr Rose.
For decades, we have muddled through without a written constitution.
This year they muddled through without $668 million expected from the state; the University of Illinois has yet to receive 45percentt of its state appropriation.
Those who argue (as this paper once did) that London has muddled along nicely without such a thing ignore the capital's crowded roads, antiquated underground system, arbitrary parking controls and struggling health services.
And, of course, our Stone Age ancestors muddled along somehow without sports drinks.
She was about to leave two young sons to grow up without a mother; her husband to muddle through without his wife.
But other analysts say the economy will muddle through without a serious downturn.
Fannie and Freddie may yet muddle through without an explicit bailout.
A true international crisis or economic disruption would test how well we can muddle along without a functional president.
But she brings to this horror resources, both material and emotional, that others must muddle through without.
