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Mendelssohn And Other Classic Composers Offer Musical Thanks

3:50pm November 27, 2014

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Renee Montagne talks to music commentator Miles Hoffman about musical "thank yous." Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players.

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National

The Native American Side Of The Thanksgiving Menu

12:37pm November 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

The first Thanksgiving was something of a joint venture between pilgrims and Native Americans. Chef Richard Hetzler shares a menu that celebrates the first settlers and the country's first tribes.

Arts

Nazi-Era Art Cache Brings Provenance Issues To Swiss Museum

10:15am November 25, 2014

Audie Cornish talks to Jonathan Petropolous, professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College, about the acceptance of Nazi-era art by the Museum of Fine Arts Bern in Switzerland.

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Newly Released Tape Captures Reagan Apology To Margaret Thatcher

4:35pm November 24, 2014

Robert Siegel talks with presidential historian James Mann about the recently released tape of President Reagan apologizing to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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After 50 Years, Obama To Honor 3 Civil Rights Activists

1:02pm November 24, 2014

by Debbie Eliott

President Obama posthumously honors James Cheney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The three were murdered during Mississippi's Freedom Summer 50 years ago.

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National

When Thanksgiving Was Weird

10:05am November 24, 2014

by Linton Weeks

Circa 1900, Americans wore gaudy costumes and bizarre masks, and some roved the streets begging for candy and treats — on Thanksgiving Day.

National

Running Late? Nah, Just On 'CPT'

9:19am November 24, 2014

by Kat Chow

In this installment of our semi-regular Word Watch series, we look at a popular term for the practice of never being on time.

Health & Safety

Ebola: Then And Now

6:23pm November 23, 2014

Much about what we know about Ebola was discovered in an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976. Joel Breman and Karl Johnson were among the first doctors to work on the outbreak.

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The 3-Bird Turducken Has Nothing On This 17-Bird Royal Roast

2:43pm November 21, 2014

by James Delahoussaye

The Frenchman who was the world's first restaurant critic launched the world's first serial food journal in 1803. To wow readers, he offered a recipe for rôti sans pareil, the roast without equal.

A plastic surgeon performs a double-eyelid surgery on a patient at the BK Clinic in Seoul in August 2007.

Is Beauty In The Eye(Lid) Of The Beholder?

1:25pm November 21, 2014

by Kat Chow

Half of people of Asian descent have double eyelids — folds above the lash line — and the other half don't. There's a controversial surgery some people get to give themselves that crease.

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