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STREAM. A current of water. The right to a water course is not a right in the fluid itself so much as a right in the current of the stream. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1612. See River; Water Course.

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Breaking the Silence is difficult because it is exactly against the stream, but you cannot ban voices or accept them as legitimate or illegitimate because of the amount of people who support them, but because of the essence of the claim.

Israeli Veteran: 'Piercing Eyes of Young Palestinians Eventually Made Me Break My Silence' (VIDEOS)

The statement by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, announced Tuesday through the Korean Central News Agency, said conservatives in the South who go against the stream of improvement in inter-Korean relations would only face destruction.

North Korea denounces burning of Kim Jong-un picture

Swimming against the stream of specialization and fragmentation to raise and address the question of why people do the things they do, psychologists contend that the why question about human behavior is nothing to be ashamed about.

Why People Do the Things They Do: Building on Julius Kuhl's Contributions to the Psychology of Motivation and Volition

In his "presentist," ahistorical approach to the text, Netzley swims against the stream of Renaissance apocalyptic thought.

Ryan Netzley. Lyric apocalypse: Milton, Marvell, and the nature of events

We always stand persistent in the market with 'lessons learned' out of similar economic situations that took place in the past, such as the economic crisis in 2009," he points out and comments: "After all, we do not want to be push against the stream or else we will be swept by the flow.

Nehmeh Group: Ready with efficient crisis plans

USPRwire, Wed Aug 12 2015] Contrary to the trend in traditional toys and games, video games is swimming against the stream in Brazil.

"Video Games in Brazil" is now available at Fast Market Research

Those [Israeli Arabs] who decide that their identity is Palestinian will be able to forfeit their Israeli citizenship and move and become citizens of the future Palestinian state," he wrote in the manifesto, entitled Swimming Against the Stream, published on his Facebook page and his party's website.

Israel's Foreign Minister: Pay Israeli Arabs to Move to Palestinian State

TEHRAN (FNA)- Interpol is urging the international community to conduct a coordinated effort against the stream of foreign fighters joining extremists in the Middle East, reports said.

Interpol Urges International Cooperation to Fight Extremists

Rumsey placed the model into a fast-running little stream and the current spun the wheel, which moved the poles alternately against the stream bottom.

The first jet-propelled boat: Look across any fairly large body of water on a warm summer day and you'll see the high plume of water that marks the passage of someone on a jet ski. (Jet Ski is a registered brand name of Kawasaki Motors, Inc., but seems to have been adopted as a generic name for all personal watercraft.)

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