An outlining program for DOS:  http://www.outliners.com/ 

http://static.userland.com/misc/outliners/images/tank241pc/outliner1.gif

This is a screen shot of its char based interface:
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Also an organization designed to shape policies of government and corporate entitites:

Examples: Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies