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  1. Floundering

    Floundering is a 1994 comedy film set in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The film was directed and written by Peter McCarthy in his directorial debut and stars James LeGros, with appearances by John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, and Lisa Zane. The film is told as a narrative delivered by the main character John under the pessimism of the early 1990s.

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  1. Floundering

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  1. Floundering

    Floundering is a 1994 comedy film set in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The film was directed and written by Peter McCarthy, starring James LeGros with appearances by John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, and Lisa Zane.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of floundering in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of floundering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  1. Noah Kagan:

    What you’re really looking for is consistency, are they doing the bare minimum when they exercise? Do they have a plan for the gym? Or are they just floundering?

  2. Peter Chen:

    That's where the government has been really floundering, he's talking a big game, whether he can pull it off is questionable.

  3. Rick Hutcheon:

    Right now we're still floundering around, everyone's worried, but eventually people are going to start saying 'Oh, there is a blue sky, there is a light at the end of the tunnel'.

  4. Billy Graham:

    America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.

  5. Jim Kenney:

    We want federal help, but not that kind of federal help. When the administration had the opportunity to help us months ago, they refused to do so. Now he's floundering in the polls, he's playing to his base, he's playing to what he perceived to be the suburban fear of cities. And he's dividing people again, and he's making a dangerous situation, even worse, and we're prepared to fight in court in every way possible to keep that from happening in Philadelphia.

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