fledgeling
- n any new participant in some activity
- n young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- s (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers
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News & Articles
- Jon Stewart in Cairo isn't just about laughs
Egyptian and American political satire met head on last night, as US comedian Jon Stewart appeared on Egypt’s most popular comedy show, hosted by Bassem Youssef, to discuss freedom of speech and the power of satire in a fledgeling democratic context. Youssef’s weekly show, El Bernameg, is modeled on Stewart’s The Daily Show. Attracting an estimated 30 million viewers across the Middle East, the ...
June 22, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Quotes
- Tony Blair in Salon
I am very excited to see giants of our literature - Brathwaite, Derek Walcott, George Lamming (who spoke at our launch in Barbados), to name a few - prepared to engage and throw their weight behind our new fledgeling film industry. It is very... Frances-Anne Solomon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances-Anne_Solomon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH85dmoYVCNFnoEayKPH3rnwZEXOA Jamaica Gleaner http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100419/ent/ent1.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGcnS-_e0xxix1laWYtJg80RGFGYQ Apr 19, 2010 38134 49370 fledgling Blair said there were elements of the government of Iran, openly supporting terrorism in Iraq to stop a fledgling democratic process; trying to turn out a democratic government in Lebanon; flaunting the international community's desire for peace in...