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J. Thomas Fyans
6 speeches between 1974 and 1988, mostly as Seventy. 21,984 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
6
1974–1988
Words
21,984
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.1
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
51
8.5 per speech
Callings
Seventy
6 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19741988
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.
- mexico 16
- building 41
- spiritual darkness 8
- mountainside 8
- pine 8
- blueprint 8
- north star 7
- materials 14
- needle 6
- schmidt 12
- central america 6
- bondage 11
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants17
- Mosiah5
- Helaman4
- Alma4
- Moroni3
- 1 Corinthians3
- Moses2
- Luke2
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 6
As given in the bylines: of the Seventy
Every speech
- 25 Jun 1974Preaching the Gospel unto All the NationsGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,983 w6 refs
- 7 Nov 1978The Prophet—Our North Starof the Seventy · Devotional3,378 w8 refs
- 4 Nov 1980You Are a ProclamationGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,470 w1 ref
- 15 Mar 1983GoalsGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,550 w10 refs
- 31 Mar 1985Build Your UnderstandingGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,851 w13 refs
- 10 Apr 1988Cycle of LifeGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,752 w13 refs