This caused a minor flap that ended when Letterman re-signed with CBS.
Typically the major flaps meet in the middle and the minor flaps do not.
"There really was a minor flap with the SEC, but that wasn't the important part."
In both instances, and numerous other minor flaps, he apologized to the authorities.
Two of the first three figure-skating competitions of the Olympics, the men's singles and the dance, have produced minor flaps over nationalistic judging.
A minor flap arose late in the evening.
We had two minor flaps early in the morning.
He was forced to apologize for the apology, and a minor flap blew up into page 1 headlines.
And now that a minor flap over a quota system for participation has been resolved, all of them are welcome to join the march of athletes.
That proved to be a minor flap compared with what happened when Earp stepped into the ring and a surprised police captain noticed he was carrying a gun.
