Word: winstons
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...join George Washington and Winston Churchill as the other recipients of such an award conferred at a specially convened convocation...holds great symbolic significance," Mandela said. "The name of an African is now added to those two illustrious leaders of the Western world...
...join George Washington and Winston Churchill as the other recipients of such an award conferred at a specially convened Convocation is not only a singular honor. It also holds great symbolic significance: To the mind and to the future memory of this great American institution, the name of an African is now added to those two illustrious leaders of the Western world...
Still, some have questioned whether the South African president was worthy to join the ranks of George Washington and Winston Churchill, the only other individual honorary degree recipients whose awards were presented at a special ceremony separate from Commencement or anniversary celebrations...
...Like Winston Churchill and George Washington who received the Harvard honorary degree before him, Mandela conferred his own personality on a nation, liberating with the force of personality and will...
When Nelson Mandela receives an honorary degree in a special ceremony today, he will join an elite group of out-of-season honorary degree recipients which includes George Washington and Winston Churchill...