Dr. Rowe, who is 56, has made many moves to help his merged center gain strides.
Teammates and coaches have prodded him to let go and play as well in games and in practice, he said; the encouragement has helped him gain his stride.
With each stride, he gained speed and intent.
It is resilient: while other cities were brought to their knees in the past two recessions, Leeds hardly broke stride, and gained more jobs than any other big city in the 1980s and 1990s (see chart).
But Miliband made strides, gaining a profile and framing the beginnings of a political message.
If he has lost a yard of acceleration, and maybe his breathtaking change of pace with the ball in his stride, he has gained craftiness.
Mr. Clinton gained an advantage as he strode to the podium at the convention center in Pittsburgh to campaign for the Senate candidacy of Representative Ron Klink.
Internationally, Bongo gained recognition and accolades for his strides in conservation and wildlife protection.
Nostalgia driven, they are drawing inspiration from a trend that is only now hitting its stride, gaining currency through a recent spate of television period dramas like "Pan Am" and "Magic City," movies ("My Week With Marilyn"), Web sites, photography shows, advertising campaigns and fashion features revisiting the era of tail-fin sedans and voluptuous babes in skimpy lingerie.
U.S. workers operated more efficiently in the third quarter than at any time in the last 20 years, revised government data showed on Wednesday, giving more evidence of a U.S. economy gaining back its stride.
