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Dean L. Larsen
7 speeches between 1976 and 1991, mostly as Seventy. 27,717 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
7
1976–1991
Words
27,717
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
84
12.0 per speech
Callings
Seventy
7 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19761991
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.
- accountability 28
- thoughts 51
- quantitative 11
- accountable 17
- qualities 20
- otto 8
- objectives 16
- constructive 9
- peaceable 8
- progress 28
- mike 10
- production 11
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants26
- Alma9
- John7
- Matthew6
- 2 Nephi5
- Mosiah4
- Moses4
- 4 Nephi2
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 7
As given in the bylines: of the Seventy · Of the Seventy
Every speech
- 6 Jul 1976Thoughts about Thoughtsof the Seventy · Devotional3,284 w6 refs
- 13 May 1980Some Thoughts on Goal Setting, Objectives, and Measurementsof the Seventy · Devotional3,064 w5 refs
- 1 Mar 1981Let Your Light So ShineOf the Seventy · Devotional4,143 w24 refs
- 6 Mar 1983Personal AccountabilityGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional4,416 w15 refs
- 3 Feb 1985The Peaceable Things of the KingdomGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,461 w4 refs
- 18 Aug 1987Some Lessons I Learned from Living Sixty YearsGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional4,616 w8 refs
- 3 Feb 1991Likening the Scriptures unto UsGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional4,733 w22 refs