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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Deborah Rutter ? âThe Honors are the greatest weekend of the year  and it is also the bane of our existence  â Deborah Rutter  said with a laugh. For the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  the annual Kennedy Center Honors  airing on CBS on Dec. 26 and honoring dancer Carmen de Lavallade  rapper LL Cool J  television producer and writer Norman Lear and singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie  is a welcome national spotlight on the memorial to the late president. But thatâs all anyone seems to know about the the white jewel box on the Potomac.
âWe really like to think about the other 364 days of the year  and all of the programming that happens on those days â  Rutter  told me in the latest episode of âCape Up.â âWhat I love about being here at the nationâs cultural center is that we have really a mandate to welcome all of the performing arts. It is not just a performing arts center for one assumed art form or another.â
I bet you didnât know that hip hop was one of those art forms at the Kennedy Center and that Q-Tip is its artistic director. âThis is a first â  Rutter  said. âAnd as far as I know  there is no other artistic director for hip-hop â¦ anywhere in probably the world. And weâre very proud to have Q-Tip here leading  guiding and inspiring us.â
While she didnât need much convincing   Rutter  allowed that there could be others who might â for fear of what it could mean for the other arts. âJust because we are bringing in more programming that includes hip-hop artists  it does not mean that weâre doing less dance or less international programming or less of the National Symphony Orchestra â she said. âIt just means that weâre doing more  that we have thrown open the doors of the Kennedy Center  and we are ensuring that all are welcome here.â
 Deborah Rutter   president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  talks with The Postâs Jonathan Capehart on the âCape Upâ podcast on Nov. 28 in her office at the Kennedy Center. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)
There are nine performance spaces at the Kennedy Center that are in use all year. In addition to the orchestra and  the Washington National Opera  Rutter  noted the 46-year-old institution has âa magnificent  world-recognized ballet season. We have contemporary dance  we have jazz  we have a huge jazz series  chamber music  recitals  comedy  international programming.â
Listen to the podcast to hear  Rutter  talk further about the work of the Kennedy Center and how it fits into the cultural life of Washington.  She  goes into what it is like to be the local performing arts center for members of Congress  foreign diplomats and âquite a number of justices from the Supreme Court.â But  Rutter  insists none of those constituencies tries to exert influence over programming.
âHere at the center we have no limits on what we could present â  Rutter  told me. âThe problems I always describe is how to say no  when to say no  and how to not be really  truly overwhelmed by the extraordinary limitless richness of what happens here.â

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz ? Despite his outspoken liberalism , Franken has worked hard to make friends with Republicans , Cruz excepted . 
Of late , Cruz has shown a humbler , more compassionate side . 
Franken was unsparing in his criticism of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his book , "Al Franken : Giant of the Senate ." 
Would America be better off if it had elected Cruz and not Trump president ? 
The second , Chapter 37 , "Sophistry ," details how much he loathes Sen. Ted Cruz , whom he describes as a smarmy , condescending grandstander . 
"He 's the exception that proves the rule ," Franken told the American-Statesman , explaining his decision to abandon normal senatorial courtesy in writing about Cruz . 
Smith said that he did n't know Cruz would figure so importantly in Franken 's book when he arranged for Franken 's prime spot at the conference , but said , "It 's the cherry on the sundae ." 
As for Cruz , Franken said he has no regrets about committing his misgivings to print . 
Franken and Cruz will bookend the Texas Tribune Festival this weekend . 
On Sunday , Smith will moderate a discussion with Cruz and his Texas Republican Senate colleague , John Cornyn . 
When the book came out in May , Cruz told Politico , "Al is trying to sell books and apparently he 's decided that being obnoxious and insulting me is good for causing liberals to buy his books . 
Smith will moderate a discussion with Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz at 9 a.m. on Sunday , also at Hogg Auditorium . 
As far as he knows , Smith said , "it 's the only event that has both Al Franken and Ted Cruz on the program ," and , he said , no speaker in the festival 's history has generated as much advance interest and excitement as Franken . 
Also , American-Statesman chief political writer Jonathan Tilove will interview U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso , who is running for Cruz 's Senate seat .

Answer: Negative


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity LeBron James ? CLEVELAND (AP) â  LeBron James  couldnât get to 30 000 career points and  he  and  his  Cleveland teammates couldnât stop Paul George  Russell Westbrook or Carmelo Anthony as the Oklahoma City Thunder thumped the Cavaliers 148-124 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
 James  finished with 18 points and is seven shy of becoming the seventh player in NBA history to reach the 30 000-point plateau.  His  next chance is Tuesday when the Cavs visit San Antonio.
 James  entered the fourth within reach of 30 000. But after  he  missed two shots   James  was replaced with 6:37 remaining and the Cavs trailing 128-101. The 33-year-old wanted to make history in front of  his  home fans and family  but it wasnât to be and  he  dejectedly took a seat on the bench as the Thunder finished off the rout.
 James  will eventually get to 30 000 and join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38 387 points)  Karl Malone (36 928)  Kobe Bryant (33 643)  Michael Jordan (32 292)  Wilt Chamberlain (31 419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30 808) on the select list.
The Cavs made one last push with  James  making a layup to cut the Thunderâs lead to 12. But Oklahoma City didnât let up and eventually pushed the lead to 31.
Thunder: G Andre Roberson played his second game after missing eight with left patellar tendinitis. He had a forgettable six-second span  missing four straight free throws and committing a foul. â¦ Coach Billy Donovan first watched  James  play as a high school sophomore  when he stood out more than others. âIn seeing him at that age you see a lot of times young kids that are sophomores with his ability â maybe not all of his ability â but you see talented players â Donovan said. âThey never get better. A lot of times itâs difficult to get better because thereâs such a microscope. The thing thatâs amazing to me is heâs had a lot of attention on him and a very  very young age and he always got better.â

Answer:
Positive