SAMUEL AUGUSTUS MAVERICK

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                    [Summary] => The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.  – Proverbs 10:7


In the mid-1800s, Texas rancher Samuel Augustus Maverick refused to brand his cattle. When neighboring cowboys came upon a calf without a brand, they called it a "maverick". The word entered the English language and came to refer to a person who takes an independent stand and refuses to conform.


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Gobbledygook and Maverick

By AT RANDOM | By Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ | May 22, 2006 - 12:00am

An article in the monthly "American Heritage" mentions a memo written by Arthur M. Schlessinger, presidential assistant to John F. Kennedy: "Every Presidential message should be: (a) in English, (b)...

Opinion

Making a name

March 22, 2005 - 12:00am

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot. – Proverbs 10:7 In the mid-1800s, Texas rancher Samuel Augustus Maverick refused to brand his cattle. When neighboring cowboys came...

Daily Bread