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James M. Paramore
3 speeches between 1978 and 1989, mostly as Seventy. 15,874 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
1978–1989
Words
15,874
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.8
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
28
9.3 per speech
Callings
Seventy
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19781989
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.
- little children 16
- gospel study 8
- scriptures 44
- chaplains 6
- burnt offering 5
- leader 17
- elder hanks 5
- notations 5
- knife 5
- cardinal 5
- personality 8
- abraham 14
Scriptures cited most
- Matthew7
- John6
- 3 Nephi4
- Doctrine and Covenants3
- Mark2
- Acts2
- Moses1
- Genesis1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 3
As given in the bylines: of the Presidency of the Seventy
Every speech
- 2 May 1978“If Thou Wilt Be Perfect, . . . Come and Follow Me”General Authority Seventy · Devotional5,562 w7 refs
- 8 May 1983“Become as a Little Child”General Authority Seventy · Devotional4,737 w7 refs
- 22 Aug 1989Leadership—Jesus Was the Perfect Leaderof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional5,575 w14 refs