Word: flak
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Despite these cautions, Hill said that "they have been getting some flak," from Planned Parenthood, which was concerned that the public might get the wrong impression and think Coke could be used for birth control...
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes ran interference for his boss, fending off media flak as conditions deteriorated in South Africa. It was Speakes, along with State Department Spokesman Charles Redman, who spearheaded the major development of the month, a new offensive against the Soviet Union. In a makeshift press room, the Administration's mouthpiece announced U.S. plans to test an anti-satellite weapon and charged that Soviet agents have used a toxic dust to track American diplomats in Moscow...
...quiet for the next half-minute or so. Huddled on rooftops and in the doorways of nearby row houses, flak-jacketed police officers put their hands over their ears. Then there was an orange flash and a powerful explosion that sent wood, metal and a cloud of dust flying into the air. Said a resident of adjacent Pine Street: "The blast didn't just shake the windows, it shook our entire house...
Given the amount of shooting, it was amazing that nobody was seriously wounded. One bullet hit Sergeant Edward Connors in the back, but he was saved by a flak jacket from anything worse than a bad bruise. By midmorning the guns had fallen all but silent. By early afternoon every plan, gambit and technique tried by the police had failed. They had attempted to bash in the front door. They tried to drill 2-in. holes through the exterior walls in hopes of pumping in tear gas, but were driven away by gunfire from inside the Move house. They tried...
...private citizen. "I am a public official," he says. "I am concerned. I even flew the B-1 bomber years ago, to decide whether that was something I ought to vote for or not, and I've driven the M-1 tank for the same reason." * Despite the flak about Garn's flight, 69% of those polled in a recent Salt Lake City newspaper survey supported the mission. Such popularity must please Garn, who faces the down-to-earth task of running for re-election next year...