And he flatly refused to let the U.S. use British military bases when we were rearming a beleaguered Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

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When the patriarch sought to meet him while he was studying at Pratt, Thapar flatly refused.

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But Grant, as honest as he was foolish about business matters, had flatly refused to lobby for government contracts.

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"Our members are angry that the management has flatly refused to negotiate with us, " he said.

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