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...people's misery deepens, and U.S. policymakers flounder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...heroes of Russia's upheaval flounder in building a new polity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...opinion in his single year on a court. Before that, his controversial four-year tenure as chair of the EEOC was marked by lax investigation of discrimination complaints which led even conservative commentators to call him an inveterate brown-noser (Ronald Reagan took immense pleasure in seeing the EEOC flounder...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: No Clearance for Clarence | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...risky gambit for the normally cautious Bush, but, as one White House official put it, "When you're this far behind, you have to take some chances." Bush desperately needed to regain the initiative following his flounder flops on taxes during the budget talks, which drove his poll ratings down more than 20 points and moved many G.O.P. candidates to split with him publicly. Worst of all, Bush's credibility was slipping. In an unpublished portion of a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, voters were asked "Is George Bush honest, a person you can trust?" Only 52% said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plain Squeaking | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

With the Dow Jones industrial average trying to break through 3000, how come we're not getting rich? For you, it's just irritating. For me, it's embarrassing. It's my job to get rich (or so I interpret the responsibility). Who wants financial advice from a flounder? I go to the playground after the market closes, and the other kids make fun of me. "How's your Nike?" they laugh, knowing I shorted it at 70, betting it would go down. (It's 89.) "How's ol' Crappy?" they squeal, referring by nickname to a small auto- parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: Sleepy, Dopey, Crashful & Co. | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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