However, Ford resisted the Windstar recall, with a spokesman originally insisting there was no safety problem.
That an advertiser would cut ties with a spokesman after a scandal is not a new phenomenon.
To make the situation worse, the British ambassador's pleading exchange with a spokesman for the opposition council was intercepted.
Indeed Qantas later exposed it as such, with a spokesman saying: "Qantas's current issues are not related to carbon pricing.
Pepsico then pulled out, with a spokesman saying that the company had "taken it as far as we can go".
A message left with a spokesman at Soros Fund Management in New York after business hours was not immediately returned.
Netanyahu distanced himself from the remarks, with a spokesman saying it was not the first time the two had disagreed.
The United Nations also had no comment about the visits, with a spokesman saying he was awaiting a report from the observers.
The Bloomberg administration said the plans needed to be adjusted to meet market demand, with a spokesman calling the most recent incarnation "the only way forward".
He was removed from the tribunal last week, with a spokesman for the court calling Mr. Erlinder's claims an "excuse" and his conduct "unprofessional".
This presumably had to do with a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry saying he hoped Hagel's nomination would improve relations between the two countries.
