61.  Instead, for now, St. Louis is only trying to tread water and hope for a miraculous turnaround.

62.  Instead, they are all treading water, waiting for something to happen.

63.  It is as close to halfway between Tokyo and Hollywood as you can get without treading water.

64.  It makes its points about racial and sexual exploitation firmly and early and then treads water in contorted postures for two hours.

65.  Lehman was spun off from American Express Co. in May and has been treading water ever since.

66.  Liz Claiborne and WMX Technologies have simply treaded water.

67.  Like true synchronized swimmers, they ate while treading water or hanging onto the side of the pool with one hand.

68.  Many of these companies should report strong business and their stocks, which have treaded water or lost ground in recent weeks, could do better then.

69.  Maybe so, but not every fund or sector has spent six months treading water.

70.  Most of the supporting cast members seem to be treading water, though Lola Pashalinski stands out as the understandably exasperated stage manager of the play within the play.