Albright, says her sister Kathy Silva, is the reincarnation of their father Josef Korbel.

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Her mentor at Denver was the Czech refugee Josef Korbel, Madeleine Albright's father.

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"I don't know why they don't just get Jet Skis, " said Tracy Korbel, a 46-year-old Texas native, who has lived in Minnesota for a dozen years.

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The duo was fortunate in having good local vineyards to draw on, notably those planted by the Rochioli family, who had been selling their grapes to Korbel for use in its sparkling wine.

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While Rice says that in foreign policy "America's values are extremely important, " she hews closer to the tradition of Korbel and other realists, such as Hans Morgenthau, who place greater weight on defending strategic interests and tending to the balance of power.

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