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The papers also report that censure is fading fast, foundering on a combination of strict constitutional readings and disputes about precise wording.
For most quiz participants, the "precarious venture" that needed saving was either a failing TV show or a foundering political campaign.
Comments made by senators in breaks from yesterday's continuous palavering suggest that the fast track proposal is, in the words of the NYT , "foundering," with a number of Senate Republicans bucking their leadership to complain that the House managers are entitled to more time to make their case against President Clinton.
And yet it ended up foundering as a result of the inherent uncertainty of the free-market system.
Slate is obviously a product of our foundering educational system: It does not know or care about the law or what is right and wrong.