Word: mandelas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guard, in response, unflinchingly threatened Mandela with death...
Without raising his voice, Mandela responded, "If you so much as lay a hand on me, I will take you to the highest court in the land, and, when I finish with you, you will be poor as a church mouse...
...Mandela walked to the prison gates. He later told friends, "Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose...
While Harvard is far from the first institution to honor Mandela, those who know the South African president say he will be remembered for his grandfatherly face, gentle humor and wide smile rather than for his many awards or specific government policies...
...Mandela, the man, the first democratically elected president of an embattled nation, has become a symbol of our era-a symbol of triumph and reconciliation after decades of division and oppression...