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McDonald’s Maverick – Мэверик, инакомыслящий, диссидент, «белая ворона»; человек, не принадлежащий ни к одной партии; бездомный человек, бродяга; неклеймёный телёнок Maverick is someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803–1870) was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term maverick, first cited in 1867, which means “independently minded.” Various accounts of the origins of the term held that Maverick came to be considered independently minded by his fellow ranchers because he refused to brand his cattle. In fact, Maverick’s failure to brand his cattle had little to do with independent mindedness, but reflected his lack of interest in ranching. The phrase also refers to an unbranded range animal, derived from U.S. cattleman Samuel Maverick. He is the grandfather of US Congressman Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook (1944). McCormick reaper – косилка МакКормика, в корне изменившая сельское хозяйство США Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (1809–1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. He and many members of the McCormick family became prominent Chicagoans. Although McCormick is often called the inventor of the mechanical reaper, it was based on work by others, including his family members: The McCormick reaper permitted the mass production of grain, which in turn allowed America to produce livestock on an industrial scale. McDonald’s – МакДональдс, сеть ресторанов быстрого питания In 1954 a salesman named Ray Kroc became curious as to why a small hamburger stand on the edge of the desert in California would need eight Multimixers – enough to make 40 milkshakes at a time – and decided to fly out and have a look. When Kroc came along, the McDonald brothers were 107