That means that the euro will have to swim upstream for another three to four years.

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The few brave statesmen seeking fiscal restraint swim upstream against the media, education establishment and entertainment industries.

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And as long as public opinion flows in that direction, politicians are unlikely to try to swim upstream.

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It's an indication, I think, of the kind of current Skilling and his lawyers have to swim upstream against.

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Learn to be carried along by the current instead of trying to swim upstream and your portfolio will thank you.

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As these were adopted by customers at scale, new entrants could swim upstream, develop higher quality products, and drive out the more established players.

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Crew is well equipped to swim upstream, given its recent turnaround under CEO Mickey Drexler , a veteran from Gap, who took the reins in 2003.

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After all, it is one that was introduced in the United States into the Mississippi River near Mississippi, and has managed to swim upstream all the way across our country to the point where that river meets up with the Illinois River.

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