Word: nonsupport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reeling her in. "We' ve been trying to reach your son since August without any response to letters or messages." James is a former repo man; he plays it polite but inexorable. "Do you know who he is working for?" Pause. "Does he understand that Texas has passed criminal-nonsupport statutes?" Pause. "Do you think he may be afraid to call? That if he calls he will go to jail? Tell him I will work with him in any way I can to help him straighten this out." Final pause. "But if I find out where he' s working...
...Maintain American credibility. Once the U.S. made its initial rhetorical commitments to Israel, it could not afford to rescind them. In the zero-sum bipolar world, the U.S. feared that nonsupport for one of its allies would send others scurrying to the Soviet Union for protection. In the spirit of Machiavelli, America has preferred to reassure the Western bloc that its resident superpower would remain "a true friend...