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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."
In the same week that USAT revealed that management guru Stephen Covey's own company is floundering, now comes the WSJ with a front-page feature detailing how Wyncom, Inc., a firm that brokers the personal appearances of the likes of Covey and Tom Peters, is in financial trouble.
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.
Alfre Woodard plays a floundering single mother in Chicago who returns to her Southern roots and, with the help of a supportive extended family, puts her life back together.
His demeanor on the stump reflects the growing consensus that Bradley is floundering and that the battle for the Democratic nomination is, if not quite over, now a largely foregone conclusion.