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...last years, the elder stateswoman held court among young Republicans as a kind of inspirational eminence, an unmistakable figure at every conservative function, silver-haired, bright- eyed, dripping pearls and epigrams. Of all the laurels bestowed upon her in recent years, perhaps the most fitting was the Sylvanus Thayer Award, West Point's highest civilian honor, given to those who best embody the academy's motto of "Duty, Honor, Country...
...Thayer, drop those gerbils," screamed one crazed student--and the night's conflict began...
...according to a plan devised by North Yard residents, freshmen living in Holworthy and Thayer began to scream out their windows at each other...
...North Yard has been the traditional site of battle for overworked freshmen since the 19th century, when unthinking architects built Thayer--right on top of Holworthy's polo field...
...Thayer-Holworthy battle moved outside later Sunday night, and the screaming match quickly swept through the entire Yard. Students migrated to the West and South Yard dorms, inciting obscenity-wars between Matthews and Straus, and then Grays and Weld...