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People were drawn to the new capital like bees to a honey-pot, and throughout the 19th century the dispossessed of the economically floundering Aegean islands flocked here to find work.
Charles' architecture institute is floundering and ridiculed, British modernist architects (Richard Rogers, Norman Foster) are among the most respected in the world, and the prince's handlers think his quest makes him look stodgy--a no-no in Tony Blair's Britain.
It is no wonder our society is floundering around and the current generation is called Generation X.
The Mirror left rivals floundering yesterday when we broke the news that the Premier and his 45-year-old wife are expecting a baby in May."
"It is clear that the faithful are paralyzed by ennui and the party is floundering," writes William J. Bennett in the most recent issue of the Weekly Standard . "What is missing is a focused, appealing, and philosophically coherent national agenda."