Word Origin and History for boondoggle Expand n. 1935, American English, of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed.
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. Charles-Andre-AndrÃ©-Joseph marie De (gaulle 22 november â 1890 9 november), 1970 In france commonly referred to as le general GÃ©nÃ©ral, de gaulle Was a french military leader. and statesman
1 De Gaulle (in English): France has no friends, only interests.. ( 2 De Gaulle did not speak specifically of France, but of all nation-states, including Britain.