The talks between Alexis Tsipras's government and its creditors have dragged on for so long that it has become hard to believe there will ever be a decisive make-or-break juncture.
Approaching make-or-break junctures, most ambitious men actively conjure in their minds scenes of triumph.
The dramatic break at the juncture of two corroded trunk lines under Sunset Boulevard shot a geyser through the roadway and sent an estimated 20 million gallons of water into the surrounding Westwood neighborhood, much of it downhill to the adjacent UCLA campus.
They have proved just flexible enough when required, sanctioning that new contract for Wayne Rooney at one pivotal juncture and breaking the club's vow not to sign ageing players for Robin van Persie after losing out on the title to City on the final day of the 2011-12 season.
"No decisions have been taken that would break the strategy at this juncture," said one White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning under the sequester.
And while there are plenty of statistics, announcers try to focus on break points and other critical junctures, which may not arise frequently in a lopsided match.
Standing the test of time today does not mean lasting years, as change seems to ever more become the only constant, rather lasting through the pivotal and critical junctures that might typically break a team.
TO listen to pollsters, politicians and pundits, you might think "the public trust" in government has been urgently threatened at every juncture since the Enron scandal broke in 2001 -- or, in the view of the Democratic presidential candidates, since the inauguration of George W. Bush.
In that sense, facing St . Louisat this juncture of the schedule was a break for the Jets.
From the present juncture, the EU can continue to break down because of its errors and its inability to learn and change.
One indication is that several prominent Catholic Democrats who supported Mr. Obama in 2008, supported the health care overhaul and defended the president at many junctures, have broken with him on the birth control mandate.
