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15ExceedingExpectationsTheMoscowNewswasntsurewhattomakeCondoleezzaRicewhenthe34-year-oldStanfordUniversityprofessorcametotownin1988toinaugurate1aseriesofseminars2attheU.S.ambassadors3residence.Shespokeofarmscontrolpolicyandofacomingsummit4withtheUnitedStates,butthewritercouldnotquitegetpastthenotion5ofayoungblackwomanasanexpertonSovietaffairs.“Themen...couldnthelpwondering:‘Sheshouldbebusycookinganddrivingheradmirersmad.Butinsteadsheaptly6juggles7numbersofmissilesandtanks,namesofmarshals8anddatesofsummits,’”thepaperwrote.ItwouldbeneitherthefirstnorthelasttimethatRice,President-electGeorgeW.BushschoicetoheadtheNationalSecurityCouncil,wouldexceedexpectations.“Iveseenithappentimeandtimeagain,”saidMichaelMcFaul,aDemocratwhoadvisedAlGorescampaignbutisclosetoRice.“Foreignpolicyisdominatedbybald9,grayingwhitemenandthey