"Bachelorette," which strides along confidently for most of its zippy 90-minute running time, suddenly breaks a heel in the homestretch.
But Bach dares to interrupt the drama with an aria, sung by a bass, which strides with joyful resignation: it is almost seductive.
He is probably best known to New Yorkers for his equestrian statue of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, which strides forth from Grand Army Plaza at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.
Most countries would be thrilled to have a growth rate of more than 7 percent, but for India, which strode at a 9 percent pace before the financial crisis of 2008 and hit 8.5 percent last year, it would be a significant letdown.
But the Leopard, which strode fiercely into the moldering Café des Artistes space on West 67th Street a few months ago, was purring as only the big cats can.
It is a frightening, ferocious, disjointed thing which strides out purposefully but doesn't get very far before the march becomes a limp, with a broken-winded clarinet making pitchless, huffing noises of indignation.
It marks a remarkable maturation for the DPJ, which strode into office 16 months ago clutching a sheaf of anti-business policies such as reversing the privatisation of the post office (the world's biggest bank by deposits), creating a three-year debt moratorium for small firms and introducing unwieldy targets for carbon-emission reduction.
In April Full, 48, and Cutkosky, 49, unveiled their most recent bio-inspired robot, the two-foot long "Stickybot," which strides up a window much like a gecko but at 1.5 inches a second.
The Stride Rite Corporation, which makes Stride Rite, Keds and Sperry shoes, said it would report profits below estimates for its most recent quarter, in part because of lower sales at department stores.
The second stride type is a "medium stride," which is a comfortable stride length of about 65-70 cm, which is natural for most users.
