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Candela
Spanish-Mexican engineer and architect. He emigrated to Mexico in 1939 and began to design and construct buildings there. His ferroconcrete structures are distinguished by thin, curved shells that are extremely strong and economical; his imaginative use of paraboloid barrel-vaulting helped dispel mistaken notions of the limits of this material. Notable works include the expressionistic church of Nuestra Se\u00f1 ora de los Milagros in Mexico City (1955), with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof of ferroconcrete only 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) thick.
Mandela
S. African black nationalist leader and statesman. The son of a Xhosa chief, Mandela qualified in law at the Univ. of Witwatersrand in 1942 and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1944. After the Sharpeville massacre (1960), he abandoned his nonviolent stance and helped found the "Spear of the Nation," the ANC's military wing. Arrested in 1962, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He retained wide support among S. Africa's black population and became an international cause c\u00e9 l\u00e8 bre. Released by Pres. F. W. de Klerk in 1990, he replaced O. Tambo as president of the ANC in 1991. In 1993 Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid and bring about the transition to nonracial democracy. In 1994 he was elected president in the country's first all-race elections; by the time he stepped down in 1999, Mandela was the most universally respected figure of postcolonial Africa.
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