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South Africa's President Nelson Mandela raises his hands to quiet the crowd during a prolonged standing ovation at a specially convened Harvard University ceremony honoring him, September 18, 1998. Mandela followed in the footsteps of President George Washington and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as one of only three men to have been honored by Harvard University with such a ceremony.
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