The speaker isn't a CIA agent but Wayne Johansen, CEO of HOM Furni- ture, a group of 13 furniture stores in the upper Midwest. Johansen isn't talking about anything illegal but is describing his approach to doing very practical, com- monsense marketing research: visiting dozens of first-...
"I suppose you wish for me to assume the position of shogun in your government, then," he said. He took a deep breath, knowing his next words consigned his fate. "Very well. Whose support might we count on? Will the invader tolerate this intrigue?" "The invaders will not...
This statement received a response from the famous Soviet historians Yuri Semyonov and Boris Porshnev, who argued for the existence of certain stages in the development of the countryside (despite the fact that Semenov and Porshnev largely held opposite positions - for example, in describing the ...