Posted on 11/16/2004 1:52:29 PM PST by DollyCali
A VERY FINE MIND
Dr. Condoleezza Rice , PhD
- Secretary of State -
United States of America - 2004
Her first name means “with Sweetness”.. She considered a career as a professional Ice Skater; she is a skilled pianist & has a passion for Professional Football...
And oh yes... SHE HAS A VERY FINE MIND
Wow I like that especially that shot of Dick Cheney when was that taken?
Thanks for the ping going over
I wish I had some pictures, but sadly we didn't have a camera. As I remember, her comments were short, I guess as you'd expect with that many great voices to be heard.
Here is the caption: "President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, speak to members of the media outside the President's Crawford, Texas, home Friday, Aug. 8, 2003. White House photo by David Bohrer."
However you did that.. thanks.. must be that great Michigan air?
understand.. SOme of my most vivid "memories" are not truly memories, when I get down to it.. the EVENT & the feeling & the intensity are the memories.. minutia? Not usually my strong point (understatement of this thread)
thanks
Google.
Say, off topic I know, but looks like Ohio is in for a 1.5 million dollar OH taxpayer funded recount! grrrrr (Threads on FR now.)
Thank you for this lovely and uplifting thread!
that is a good article Sam.. taking the liberty to post part of it..Many great pix & tidbits of infor added in thread after it opened..MOST SINCERE THANKS TO ALL /d
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20 Things you might NOT know about condi
But beyond her role as a core member of Bush's inner circle, there's a lot more to Condoleezza Rice than most Americans know.
1. She's a fitness buff who likes to unwind by working out to music by heavy-metal legends Led Zeppelin, according to People magazine. She wakes up at 5 a.m. and hits the treadmill right away.
2. She was a college graduate at 19, getting a degree from the University of Denver.
3. She once had a Chevron oil tanker named after her when she served on the company's board of directors. After concerns that her name made the ship a more inviting terror target, the tanker was renamed Altair Voyager.
4. She loves to shop. "On a Sunday, don't be surprised if you see me at one of the malls in Washington, D.C.," she once told Glamour magazine.
5. She has been telling friends she's tired of the rat race and will leave her job at the end of the year to return to academia.
6. She began playing piano at age 3.
7. While in high school, she was a competitive ice skater (l.).
8. She turns 50 this year.
9. She's the daughter of two Birmingham, Ala., high school teachers.
10. A kindergarten classmate was among the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of a Baptist church by white supremacists.
11. She was a Democrat until 1982.
12. She speaks Russian, French and Spanish.
13. She's a huge football fan and loves the Cleveland Browns. She's said her "dream job" would be NFL commissioner.
14. When she was 14, a guidance counselor told her that her standardized test scores showed she wasn't college material.
15. She's single and laments she has no private life. A sometime escort at official functions, however, is former San Francisco 49ers star Gene Washington (r.).
16. In 1993, she was named provost of Stanford University, the youngest person, first woman and first black to get the job.
17. In February 2001, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told reporters he was distracted the first time he met her. "I have to confess, it was hard for me to concentrate in the conversation with Condoleezza Rice because she has such nice legs."
18. She loves to serve up Southern cuisine and is a master at seafood gumbo and fried chicken.
19. She says she can fall asleep just about anywhere — even once in a helicopter flying over the Gaza Strip.
20. In 1993, after Rice left the White House, where she worked for the current President's father, to join the Stanford faculty, she told the San Francisco Chronicle the advice she'd give to President Bill Clinton about Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein: "He is an outlaw, but I would be careful about trying to do anything to act to overthrow him."
Maki Becker
Originally published on April 4, 2004
if you have never been there check out pookie18 morning toon thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1281878/posts?page=1
Sorry can't do as I'm having cardiac catherization and am very, very busy. However, you might be able to find it on the Reader's Digest website.
If I get a chance I will check later.. Busy next few days here also.
oh my.. good luck an prayers through this. I have had 3 catherizations.. and the first is a bit scary .. if you get the angioplasty at the same time it is reassuring that surgery might be not necessary. Thank you for sharing this..
I'm sure I'll be back. Thanks for the prayers.
and I am guessing the most gracious & gentle also...smart, pretty, physically & musically talented - wow
NEWLY appointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was shocked Saturday when her pals threw her a surprise 50th birthday party. Rice thought she was going to a low-key dinner, and was stunned when her driver pulled into the British Embassy. Katherine Manning, the ambassador's wife, had invited President and Laura Bush, Karl Rove, Karen Hughes, Colin Powell and Vernon Jordan. "And she was surprised," said guest Sheila Stainback of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Rice changed into a red dress Oscar de la Renta had sent over for the party.
Could I be on your "ping" list? Thanks for answering my question about her supposed "prochoice" status. :D
bump for later
wonderful tag line.. where are you in Texas? I sent 2 years in Houston. Loved San Antonia & Motagora (very small sleepy fishing beach)
Added. Think the next one will be on the Bush twins..
Very funny. Thanks, Dolly.
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