DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to new music from Mary Chapin Carpenter And answer a question about turkeys ... But first, we help send off the college graduates of two thousan

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US Thanksgiving Turkey Is Mexican Immigrant Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday and roast turkey is the definitive centerpiece of the holiday feast. But the domesticated turkey is not an American invention. It's Mexican. The bird was

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Efforts Mount to Conserve Wild Turkey Breeds A sprinkle of corn, and Rachel Summers' turkeys come running. She raises a small flock of a breed called Standard Bronze at Crowfoot Farm, about an hour from Washington. These are birds with history, Summe

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(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BALLADE DES GROS DINDONS) UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing in French). RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: That's an excerpt from a piece that in English translates to Ballad Of The Fat Turkeys. It's by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier. And it

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President Obama Pardons White House Turkey 奥巴马总统感恩节在白宫赦免火鸡 THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Well, it is wonderful to see all of you here today. Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the White House. Tomorrow is one of the b

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By Tom Rivers London 13 November 2007 Authorities in Britain have ordered the culling of thousand of turkeys and other birds at a farm northeast of London where a deadly strain of avian flu has been detected. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from the Brit

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