As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

Mattis, it turned out, was meeting with Trudeau at NATO headquarters. Already engaging in gallows humor, I wondered if Mattis was defecting.

CAA agents were sometimes called the Moonies of the business, famous for walking in lock-step.

The answer appears on the ninety-eighth page of the book.