---

• n  a star-shaped character * used in printing
• v  mark with an asterisk

• The recommended procedure is to read each footnote as its asterisk, dagger or double asterisk appears.
• So ingrained is Asterix in French culture that many French people now mistakenly pronounce the word asterisk ('asterisque') as asterix.
• One was the "magic asterisk," used to bury wishful-thinking revenue assumptions in the footnotes, where it was hoped that nobody would discover them.

• star

News & Articles

---

• U.S. Open Notes: First round a success for Donald so far
  As afternoon turned into evening Thursday at Merion Golf Club, Luke Donald capitalized on the rain-softened conditions to find himself on the top of the leader board - with an asterisk - in the first round of the U.S. Open.
  June 14, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
• U.S. Open Leaderboard: Updated first-round scores
  The asterisk(*) identifies a player who started on the back nine.
  June 13, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Mickelson falls short as English claims in Memphis
  Save up to 86%! The asterisk(*) identifies a player who started on the back nine.
  June 8, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

---

• Barry Bonds in New York Daily News
  You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history, you can't do it,Bonds said in a transcript of the interview provided by the network. "There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball."
• Don Shula in Forbes
  You would hate to have that attached to your accomplishments. They've got it,Shula told the newspaper. "I guess you got the same thing as putting an asterisk by Barry Bonds' home run record. I guess it will be noted that the Patriots were...
• Christian Fauria in USA Today
  All I know is there better not be an asterisk by any of the Super Bowls I was with them,said Fauria, part of the 2003 and 2004 title teams. "I better call my wife and tell her to put (my rings) in a safe."