Stephen wrote:
>> What do you call "*"?
> Asterisk

Nathan Hale

    <character> An asterisk ("*", see also splat, ASCII).
    Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for
    my country!" ("life to give" -> "ass to risk" -> "asterisk"),
    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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Tim Cook
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