Indian shopkeepers withdrew a popular brand of Nestlé instant noodles from their shelves Wednesday after tests revealed the snack contained unsafe levels of lead.
In November, the military reluctantly withdrew under popular pressure a set of binding ground rules for the constitution that would have completely insulated its budget and decisions from civilian scrutiny, preserving the privilege and autonomy it enjoyed under Mr. Mubarak.
In early April 2014, the company withdrew the popular "Phish Food" flavour in Australia due to the aquatic association and the potential for awareness-raising.
There has also been a welcome flexibility in Hong Kong, where a repressive new security law was withdrawn after popular protests.
Economics, he insisted, were not a deciding factor, noting that Johnson & Johnson did not hesitate to withdraw a popular heartburn drug, Propulsid, when it was linked to dozens of deaths two years ago.
Merck made its decision to withdraw its popular painkiller, Vioxx, after studies revealed a small but persistent increase in the risk of heart attack for people using the drug rather than its close competitors, especially Pfizer 's Celebrex.
Merck testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on whether federal regulators should have forced the pharmaceutical giant to withdraw its popular Vioxx drug from the market before late September.
Last week, his ally Hamdeen Sabbahi withdrew his leftwing Popular Current party from the elections for similar reasons.
Mr. Chappelle, who in 2005 withdrew from his popular Comedy Central series, "Chappelle's Show," amid its runaway success and his concerns about how its provocative racial satire was being received, has been a headliner on the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival, a national tour presented by the Web site Funny or Die.
The student said he had voted in protest against the candidates who withdrew, who had torpedoed popular hopes for democracy.
