Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story (37 page)

130
“Television and radio play a major . . .”
KQED legal department document supplied by Counsel Margaret Berry

131
“I think of people as being one of two types . . .”
Interview with John Raisian

133
“a distinguished scholar . . .” “
Contributing to CREES,” Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies web site (
www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/giving.html
)

133
“The Stanford Alumni Association had asked Alex . . .”
Interview with Gail W. Lapidus

134
“Clearly they approached . . .”
Ibid.

134
“I never shall forget the day we returned . . .”
“Honored to Have the Chance,”
The Boston Globe
, December 21, 2000

138
“Scowcroft and Baker placed a premium on cooperation . . .” Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft,
by Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice

138
“I had chosen Condi . . .” A World Transformed
, by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft

139
“We went to the meetings . . .”
“Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” Stanford REES Newsletter, Spring 1991

141
“Condi’s memo laid out the premises . . .”
Ibid.

141
“aggressively to promote . . .”
Ibid.

141
“setting our sights . . .”
Ibid.

142
“it had a high concentration of families with ties to Eastern Europe . . .”
Ibid
.

143
“Nèmeth presented President Bush with a plaque . . .”
Ibid.

143
“beacon of light . . .”
Ibid.

144
“This isn’t the door you go in . . .”
“Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?”
George
magazine, June 2000

145
“I think the Russians . . .”
“Political Punch in a Package of Charm,”
Financial Times
, February 26, 2000

145
“I never have felt lonely or stressed in these environments . . .”
“Honored to Have the Chance,”
The Boston Globe
, December 21, 2000

146
“He was right in my face in a confrontational way . . .”
“Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,”
Chicago Tribune
, August 15, 1993

146
“I have to confess, it was hard for me to concentrate . . .”
“Sharon smitten with Rice,”
Denver Post
, February 5, 2001

147
“would rip the heart out . . .” Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft,
by Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice

147
“peaceful, gradual . . .”
Ibid.

147
“It was a risky move . . .”
“Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?”
George
magazine, June 2000

149
“Condi was brilliant, but she never tried to flaunt it . . .”
Ibid.

149
“She’s not only a person with extraordinary ambition . . .”
Interview with George Brinkley

149
“It was an exciting time . . .”
“Political Punch in a Package of Charm,”
The Financial Times
, February 26, 2000

149
“Was it inevitable that Germany unified . . .”
“Star in Waiting,”
National Review
, August 30, 1999

150
“My colleagues were the smartest people I had ever met . . .”
“Leaders for a New Millennium,”
The Financial Times
, December 28, 1995

150
“The most personally satisfying was working . . .”
“Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” Stanford REES Newsletter, Spring 1991

150
“Excellence describes the people that I had . . .”
“U.S. Intelligence and the End of the Cold War,” a speech given by George Bush at Texas A&M on November 19, 1999

Eight: ROOM AT THE TOP

152
“I tell my students . . .”
“From ‘Not College Material’ to Stanford’s No. 2 Job,”
The New York Times
, June 23, 1993

152
according to Scowcroft . . .
“Bush’s Foreign Policy Tutor,”
The New York Times
, June 16, 2000

152
“It wasn’t an easy decision . . .”
“Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” REES Center for Russian & East European Studies Newsletter, Spring 1991

153
“I wanted a life . . .”
Ibid.

154
“I’ve always tried to teach some of the decision-making . . .”
Ibid.

154
“The events in the Soviet Union will unfold . . .”
“Rice Quits Post,”
Stanford Daily
, March 14, 1991

154
“All the assumptions that I started out with as a student . . .”
“End of the Cold War: Challenge for U.S. Policy,”
The Commonwealth
, December 6, 1991

155
“The Soviet Army still has as chance . . .”
“A New Army for a New State,”
Time
, September 16, 1991.

155
“People in the Soviet Union associate Gorbachev . . .”
“End of the Cold War: Challenge for U.S. Policy,”
The Commonwealth
, December 16, 1991

157
“assess the current training programs . . .”
“Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related Issues to the Secretary of Defense,” December 16,1997 (
www.defenselink.mil/pubs/git/report.html
)

157
“I was a principal at Menlo Oaks Middle School . . .”
Interview with Clara Rice

158
“He really didn’t like . . .”
Ibid.

158
“The three of us . . .”
Ibid.

159
“He was retired . . .”
Ibid.

160
“Those are sort of my kids . . .”
“Lessons of Might and Right,”
Washington Post
, September 9, 2001

160
“Ever since I’ve been out of school . . .”
“The President’s Prodigy,
Vogue
, October 2001

160
“I have never accepted this notion . . .”
Ibid.

160
“Dr. Rice has participated . . .”
Stanford University
Campus Report
, April 1, 1992

162
“White men prove . . .”
Interview with Albert A. Cannella

162
“She’s very well connected . . .”
Ibid.

163
“business experts . . .”
Ibid.

165
“American oil companies are important . . .”
“Fox News Sunday” August 27, 2000, online transcript from eMediaMillWorks

165
“Oil companies have come a long way . . .”
Ibid.

166
“We made the change to eliminate the unnecessary attention . . .”
“Chevron redubs ship named for Bush aide,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 5, 2001

169
“Condi’s greatest expertise was on the international side . . .”
Interview with Paul Brest

171
“I was greatly impressed . . .”
“People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,”
CNN.com
web site (
www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html
)

172
“I did not beat around the bush . . .”
Ibid.

172
“I knew it would be somewhat controversial . . .”
Ibid.

173
“Stanford—like all universities—is in a maelstrom . . .”
“Casper Selects Condoleezza Rice to be Next Stanford Provost,” Stanford News Service press release, May 19, 1993

173
With her new appointment, Condi changed . . .
“From ‘Not College Material’ to Stanford’s No. 2 Job,”
The New York Times
, June 23, 1993

174
“I tell my students, ‘If you find yourself . . .’”
Ibid.

174
“I actually don’t think of this as a budgetary crisis . . .”
“Stanford Cuts Budget Third Straight Year,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 11, 1993

174
“There was a sort of conventional wisdom . . .”
“Velvet-glove Forcefulness,”
Stanford Report
, June 9, 1999

174
“I always feel bad for the dislocation . . .”
“Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,”
O: The Oprah Magazine
, February 2002

175
“In the first couple of years . . .” Stanford Magazine
, May/June 1999

176
“Obviously this is slow, steady progress . . .”
“Uphill Battle to Improve Status of Women on the Faculty,” Stanford University News Service press release, March 12, 1997

176
“You see 1 to 2 percent turnover rates . . .”
“Velvet-glove Forcefulness,”
Stanford Report
, June 9, 1999

177
“is more than outweighed by the downside . . .”
“Uphill Battle to Improve Status of Women on the Faculty,” Stanford University News Service press release, March 12, 1997

177
“Done in the right way . . .”
Minutes of Stanford University’s Senate of the Academic Council, May 13, 1999 (
www.stanford.edu
. )

178
“Tenure is granted to those who have achieved . . .”
“Sawislak to appeal denial of tenure to Advisory Board,”
Stanford Report
, April 1, 1998

179
“The argument that I have never bought . . .”
“Velvet-glove Forcefulness,”
Stanford Report
, June 9, 1999

179
“I think the experience . . .”
Ibid.

180
“This is something the entire university . . .”
Stanford University News Service press release, May 10, 1996

180
“I’m very proud we’re fiscally sound now . . .”
“Velvet-glove Forcefulness,”
Stanford Report
, June 9, 1999

180
“Condi was the provost when I was dean of the law school . . .”
Interview with Paul Brest

181
“There’s always a lot of give and take . . .”
Ibid.

182
“When we began working I didn’t know . . .”
Interview with George Barth

182
“If she got a call . . .”
Ibid.

182
“She played it very well . . .”
Ibid.

183
“Most of my students are . . .”
Ibid.

183
“We worked on that . . .”
Ibid.

184
“I now play almost exclusively chamber music . . .”
“Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001

184
“I played with orchestras . . .”
Ibid.

184
“She would pay attention . . .”
Interview with George Barth

185
“Condi is very self-disciplined . . .”
Ibid.

185
“I put her through . . .”
Interview with Mark Wateska

186
“If you don’t have children who are a break . . .”
“Condoleezza Rice: Driven to Achieve,”
The New York Times
, December 18, 2000

186
“I get very caught up in what’s going on with the music . . .”
“Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001

186
“She’s very goal-oriented . . .”
Interview with Mark Wateska

186
“As a strength coach I guess I was the low man . . .”
Ibid.

187
“He said, ‘you know . . .’”
“Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001

187
“I . . . tell them that I’ve been to Europe . . .”
“Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,”
Chicago Tribune
, August 15, 1993

187
“I don’t suffer from Potomac fever . . .”
“Leaders for a New Millennium,”
Financial Times
, December 28, 1995

188
“The most important thing became to get back . . .” Stanford Magazine
, May-June 1999

188
“I’m going to take a leave from the university . . .”
“Rice to Step Down in June after Six Years as Provost,”
Stanford Report
, December 9, 1998

188
“We all know her real passion . . .”
“Condoleezza Rice Farewell,”
Stanford Report
, June 16, 1999

189
“To Condoleezza Rice . . .”
Ibid.

189
“warm grace . . .”
Ibid.

189
“She has this incredible reputation . . .”
Interview with John Raisian

190
“She has had other . . .”
Ibid.

190
“Condi is one of the brightest people . . .”
“Stanford Provost Condoleezza Rice Appointed Hoover Senior Fellow,”
Hoover Institution Newsletter
, Summer 1999

Nine: PORTALS OF POWER: BUSH II

193
“If there is any lesson from history . . .”
“Promoting the National Interest,”
Foreign Affairs
magazine, January/February 2000

193
“What a weird accident”
“Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,”
O: The Oprah Magazine
, February 2002

195
“Since I was a girl I have relied on faith . . .”
Ibid.

196
“If she’s doing her job well . . .”
“West Wing Story: America’s Favorite Bushie,”
Newsweek,
August 1, 2001

196
“I try very hard to remember that I have to be very disciplined . . .”
“The President’s Prodigy,”
Vogue
, October 2001

197
“I am responsible for making sure that I’ve checked things . . .”
“Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,”
O: The Oprah Magazine
, February 2002

197
“We had gotten off on the wrong foot . . .”
“See George. See George Learn Foreign Policy,”
Newsweek,
June 18, 2001