Should Bush drop out, the criticism went, Rubio's road to the nomination would be cleared for mainstream Republican support.
At a time of intense pressure on the media to cooperate with an army public relations campaign that is burnishing the image of General Sharif, channels routinely edit out or drop the sound on the mildest criticism of the military.
After criticism from housing and consumer groups, regulators decided to drop the down payment requirement.
He dropped the suit after heavy criticism.
Then Carter dropped the lawsuit after widespread criticism that it was a distraction to his own team.
And with the threat of another attack hanging over America, Congress and American voters are unlikely to drop their criticism of the agencies' embarrassing shortcomings.
Following a storm of criticism, Korea dropped the plan.
China is also eager to persuade Europe to drop its criticism of its currency valuation policies, especially at a time when the United States Congress is weighing legislation that would allow American companies to file trade cases against China on the basis of an undervalued renminbi.
After intense criticism, the state government dropped the terrorism charges late last week, maintaining conventional criminal murder and arson charges against the accused in the train fire.
Dropping the case would lead to short-term criticism, but it would eventually disappear, the former prosecutor said.
