Notes on  NATHAN HALE 

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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