Word: paean
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle spent a cordial half-hour with his old friend and antagonist. Sir Winston Churchill. Addressing the combined Houses of Parliament in the high-raftered magnificence of Westminster Hall, he launched into an eloquent, 20-minute address that proved to be a long paean of praise for things British. Almost wistfully, De Gaulle noted that "with you, in the political field, tradition, loyalty and the rules of the game are so strong that your government is quite naturally endowed with cohesion and endurance. Your Parliament, for the duration of each legislature, has an assured majority, and the government and this...