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Dear Reader By Christine French Cully

Editor in Chief
DECEMBER 2017 • VOLUME 72 • NUMBER 12 • ISSUE NO. 794
Founded in 1946 by Garry C. Myers, Ph.D.,
and Caroline Clark Myers
Editor in Chief: Christine French Cully
Vice President, Magazine Group Editorial: Jamie Bryant
Creative Director: Marie O’Neill
Editor: Judy Burke Thank a
Art Director: Patrick Greenish, Jr.
Senior Editor: Joëlle Dujardin
Associate Editor: Linda K. Rose
Assistant Editor: Allison Kane
Copy Editor: Joan Prevete Hyman Firefighter
Editorial Assistant: Channing Kaiser
Senior Production Artist: Dave Justice
Contributing Science Editor: Andrew Boyles
Once, I had to call firefighters
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E-mail: eds@highlights.com. to put out a fire. It was a small fire,
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(Writers younger than 16: please use the postal address above.) but I remember how fast it made my
CEO: Kent S. Johnson heart beat. I was glad and grateful
Vice President, International: Andy Shafran
Senior Editor, International: Julie Stoehr when the firefighters put it out quickly.
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from their flooded homes. Often, they are the first helpers
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