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Nathan Hale: n. An asterisk (see also splat,
ASCII). Oh, you want an etymology? Notionally,
from “I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!”,
a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just before he was
hanged. Hale was a (failed) spy for the rebels in the American War of
Independence.
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