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
With the Vichy leaders gone from French territory due to the US, British, and Free French invasion and advance, on 23 October 1944 the U.S., Britain and the Soviet Union formally recognized the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF), headed by de Gaulle, as the legitimate government of France.