Capt. the Hon. John Black Aird, OC, KStJ, O.Ont., QC, BA, LLD, DLittS, possesses more titles than almost any other Canadian, having been lieutenant-governor of Ontario, chancellor of two universities, the holder of six honorary degrees (including a doctorate of sacred letters), honorary colonel of two regiments and a lieutenant during the Second World War in Canada’s Navy.By Peter C. Newman5 min
History is jammed so solidly in overdrive that the new movie The Hunt for Red October looked like a period piece the day it premiered. Everyone knows the Soviet hierarchy is too busy gulping Egg McMuffins and cursing Lithuania to fret about a renegade submarine skipper dashing for the New England coast.By FRED BRUNING5 min
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