midstream \midstream\ n. the middle of a stream; as, don't change horses in midstream. [WordNet 1.5]
"It's one snake-line line," she said. "We had to change the course in midstream three times.
Analysts say Penney, caught midstream in its transition from mass merchant to upscale retailer, may be especially vulnerable to the slowdown hitting the catalog industry.
"But when you have to change horses in midstream, doesn't it make sense to switch to one who's going the same way?" he asked.
He did not veered from the course of the last eight years. "When you have to change horses in midstream, doesn't it make sense to switch to the one who's going in the same way?," Bush asked.
Despite its switch of styles in midstream, which used to be thought a decisive fault, it has come to occupy - hauntingly - its own unique niche in the canon.
The Observer said the ferry sank in midstream after it was hit by high waves and only 20 people were rescued.
He adds that the confusion due to this "midstream" change has been compounded lately by prosecutors' crackdown on environmental crime.
At the same time, 28 states are proposing tax increases for fiscal 1988 and 23 states have cut their fiscal 1987 budgets in midstream to avert year-end deficits.
Some joint ventures were halted in midstream or canceled, as were many import orders.