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HTML
<p>10:37:50AM 04 Jan 2012</p>
<hr />
<p class="discretionary_break">10:37:50AM <span>­</span>04 Jan 2012</p>
<hr />
<nobr>10:37:50AM <wbr />04 Jan 2012</nobr>
CSS
p, nobr {
width:7em;
border:1px solid black;
}
hr {
visibility:hidden;
}
.discretionary_break {
white-space:nowrap;
}
.discretionary_break span {
width:0px;
}