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"We are at a hinge moment in our history, " said Cullen Murphy, managing editor of The Atlantic.
So now we have passed through a hinge moment _ one of those periods in history when perceptions change and culture pivots _ and the question is, Where have we landed?
On January 15, 1951, during seated meditation by Lake Lagunita at Stanford, he experienced what he describes as a " hinge moment ", after which he dropped out of the pre-med program with a new vision for the purpose of his life.
As Pollack sees it, Iran may currently be at a kind of hinge moment in history, where either the country could make " a transition to real democracy " or Islamist autocracy could solidify; where the nation could acquire nuclear weapons or embrace the concept of collective security; where it could demonstrate a greater openness toward the outside world or make a more concerted effort to shut it out.