Can they compromise or, at this critical juncture, will they form up on different sides?

BBC: Euro crisis: The European maze

We are working full-speed ahead on that transition at this critical juncture with our international partners.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

At this critical juncture, is Germany a locomotive that will pull the EU or euro zone out of its financial crisis, or is Germany leading them to bigger trouble ahead?

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It is to be hoped that he will continue to do so at this critical juncture, by confining himself to addressing and consulting with the UN about Iraq -- not seeking its approval to do what must be done there.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Do we want to look back decades from now and recognize that at this critical juncture in history, America, through its inaction, cemented its future on the dust heap of former world powers, including the Roman, Ottoman, British or Soviet empires?

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But, it is nonsense that Don Rumsfeld bears exclusive responsibility for our problems or that changing this horse in war's midstream will do other than complicate the military's role at a critical juncture.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What now?