For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. 4[+n;OI
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The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words. 46
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Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. yuKfhg7
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But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve. Jq? ai8
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training. f N t
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He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time. O^sgUT1O
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