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Ben B. Banks
3 speeches between 1996 and 2001, mostly as Seventy. 18,250 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
1996–2001
Words
18,250
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
51
17.0 per speech
Callings
Seventy
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19962001
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- philippines 25
- peace 51
- manila 9
- jeremy 9
- ants 8
- sue 9
- micronesia 8
- hiker 6
- brick 8
- islands 10
- tamara 8
- glove 5
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants15
- Matthew6
- Alma5
- Mosiah4
- 2 Nephi3
- John2
- 3 Nephi2
- 2 Timothy2
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 3
As given in the bylines: of the Seventy · of the Presidency of the Seventy
Every speech
- 24 Sep 1996“Go Forth to Serve”of the Seventy · Devotional6,835 w13 refs
- 11 May 1999Prepare for Life’s Journeyof the Seventy · Devotional4,861 w16 refs
- 4 Nov 2001The Lord’s Plan for Peaceof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional6,554 w22 refs