91.  The priest and the rabbi are never on a rowboat, although they do tread water on numerous occasions.

92.  The Nets were hoping to tread water during the first month of the season while Derrick Coleman is out because of an irregular heartbeat.

93.  The real question is, how much longer can we tread water in an ocean of technology where the tides change at warp speed?

94.  The poor have treaded water, more or less.

95.  The stock market basically treaded water for the whole year.

96.  The stock tumbled in October after the deal with American Home Products collapsed, and it has been treading water ever since.

97.  The transition economies of Eastern Europe are, at best, treading water.

98.  The state already was treading water for most of last year on jobs, with employers adding workers at a much slower pace than the nation as a whole.

99.  Their best shot at tightening up the Western Conference race having passed, the Lakers will settle for treading water for now.

100.  These lenders will have little choice except to tread water while their competitors beef up for an expected shakeout in the financial industry as Japan deregulates its financial industry.