The top North Korean diplomats at the United Nations have twice over the past month publicly called for direct talks, citing the impending 60th anniversary of the armistice that halted the Korean War as a juncture for a changed relationship.
"The administration constructively set the G-20 meeting as an important juncture for China to change its inflexible currency practices," Representative Sander M. Levin, the Michigan Democrat who leads the Ways and Means Committee, said Wednesday.
Both Mr. Kibaki, an economist by training, and Mr. Kenyatta have sold themselves as agents for change at this critical juncture for the 30 million Kenyans, about half of whom survive on less than a dollar a day.
Rather, we must understand the windows of opportunity provided by "events, dear boy" as critical junctures when our long-term work creating constituencies for change, transforming attitudes and norms, and so on can suddenly come to fruition.
"The imperative for preemption of Saddam," he wrote, "lies at the juncture of the man's character and the nature of his weaponry...With determination, the objective of regime change in Iraq can be achieved...Iraq is ready for change, and--who knows--such change could be a harbinger of better tidings throughout the region".
The change in leadership — President Dimitris Christofias said he would not seek re-election — comes at a crucial juncture for Cyprus.
The confrontation comes at a critical juncture for the GOP.
Lilith's heretical divorce was a juncture for Kawakubo, too.
Today we are at a crucial juncture for American power.
This is a delicate juncture for their pitching staff.
