reunification, coddle (PROTECT), ahead (IN THE FUTURE) , hip-hop

German Reunification Memorial Initiators Awarded National Prize

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The planned memorial, rendered here, is to be a symbol for freedom and unity

It took 10 years for a German citizen's initiative to convince the government to erect a memorial to German reunification. Its founders have been honored for their efforts with the German National Prize.

Whether the issue is tainted food or the mortgage crisis, this White House’s hostility to regulation and coddling of big business has proved very costly to Americans. The next president will have to do a lot better.

Freed Japanese tourist in Tehran after 8-month ordeal

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TEHRAN (AFP) — A Japanese tourist released by kidnappers in southeastern Iran arrived in Tehran on Sunday ahead of his return home after spending eight ...

中新網6月15日電將舉辦下屆2012年奧運會的主辦城市倫敦宣布，將於今年8月舉行的北京奧運 會閉幕式上，由其國家跳舞組合Zoo Nation表現霹靂舞(Hip Hop)，不過該決定引來不少時事評論員的批評。 國際奧委會規定每屆奧運會的閉幕禮上，均需由下屆主辦 國派 ...

hip-hop 

noun [U] 嘻哈

a type of popular music in which the subject of the songs is often politics or society and the words are spoken rather than sung

ahead (IN THE FUTURE) 

adverb

in or into the future; before:

She has a difficult time ahead of her.

He couldn't bear to think of the lonely year ahead.

coddle (PROTECT)
verb [T]
to protect someone or something too much:
The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.


reunify 
verb [T]
to join together into one country, parts of a country that were divided

reunification 
noun [U]
when a country that was temporarily divided into smaller countries is joined together again as one country:
the reunification of Germany