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English
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The Language of Niceness
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Sunstone
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Autumn 1984
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9
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Sunstone Education Foundation
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16-19
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This article describes patterns of public speech in the Latter-day Saint community and suggests that "what we do need are fresh phrases, fresh expressions of our beliefs. Our public pronouncements need to push into more verbally rich territory. Intimate one-on-one conversations with dedicated Saints reveals to me a texture and variety of expression and thought that doesn't require gimmicks and libraries full of visual aids to be tapped. We have only to unleash the abundant diversity in our backgrounds and individual ideas to turn stale-sounding beliefs into the refreshing insights that should characterize the Restoration." [Author]