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In this task, you are given books product reviews in English language. The goal is to classify the review as "POS" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive or as "NEG" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative.
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Preposterous! . This book begins with the absurd claim that 'the natural numbers -1, 2,3, 4 etc- appear to have been present at the birth of the universe; part and parcel of the original material from which was knit the ever-expanding continuum of space-time.' The author does not explain in whose mind these numbers are supposed to have appeared or how a concept can be present without a mind to concieve it. Like many mathematicians he seems unable to grasp that mathematics is a language. Thus it's not uncommon to hear ridiculous statements like 'the universe is governed by mathematics' As if numbers exert forces. But this is the first time I've encountered the claim that numbers existed prior to life!
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NEG


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AUTHOR NEEDS TO DO RESEARCH . CYNTHIA BASS HAD THE ELEMENTS AND THE RIGHT CHARACTERS FOR WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SWEEPING EPIC. AT BEST IT WAS A FAST READ. NOT MUCH TAKES PLACE ABOARD TITANIC, SINCE SUMNER SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME IN HIS ROOM, NOT  INTERACTING WITH THE INTERESTING CHARACTERS. WHICH MAKES A READER CARE VERY  LITTLE ABOUT THEM. AND THE SINKING MAY AS WELL HAVE BEEN ABOUT ANOTHER  SHIPWRECK. SHE CERTAINLY DID NOT DESCRIBE THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
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NEG


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No other book recreates the pop atmosphere of the times . The intimate stories of the cultural changes that represented the 1950s are told by one who was at the center of the storm: Andy Warhol. In his studio, the Factory, he created large canvases of what came to define Pop Art, listened to music which reflected a radical new generation's energy, and remained at the hub of the avant garde. No other book recreates the pop atmosphere of the times - and any reader of 1960s history and culture must have it.    Diane C. Donovan  California Bookwatc
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POS