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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 535, 23 September 1949, Unnumbered Page

How to Increase Your Vocabulary and GET AHEAD in LIFE HE number of words you know and can use correctly is the DR WILFRED FUNK U most important single measurement by which others iudge your is tbe well known author and lexicographer, for 16 years ability. A better command of words will help you GET AHEAD president of tbe famous dic FASTER, build SELF-CONFIDENCE , lend colour to your PERSONALITY tionary making firm of Funk 65 Wagnalls. Also autbor of and increase your POPULARITY. tbe bopular rReaders Digests feature (It pays to increase HERE IS AN AMAZING METHOD which will give you in 30 your word power: 199 days 0 command of more new and useful words tban tbe average adult acquires in 25 years: 30Things This Book Will Do For You in30 Days ONLY 15 MINUTES A DAY ThE ABILITY TO USE WORDS Probably you bave always wanted to How increase Vocabulary. But perhaps you may talk and write your How you help to crcate the Eng made man the lord of creation. 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ADDRESS: RL 23/9/49 THE NUMBER OF WORDS YOU CAN USE CORRECTLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE MEASUREMENT BY WHICH OTHERS JUDGE YOUR ABILITY. MORE POWERFUL V ABULARY