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[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gabart ? Around The World In 42 Days : Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP There is a new world record for sailing around the world : 42 days   16 hours   40 minutes and 35 seconds . If verified   it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record   set a year earlier . Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP French sailor François Gabart   aboard a 100 - foot trimaran   set out on Nov . 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville . On Sunday   Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France ' s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France . He reportedly averaged 27 . 2 knots ( 31 . 3 mph ) over 27   859 . 7 nautical miles . YouTube Making such a journey is a difficult feat . It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica   all the while tending a high - performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope . After reaching Brest   Gabart   34   said he was " aching all over ." "[ It ' s ] been like that for weeks   weeks since a proper sleep – I can hardly go on  " he told reporters after making landfall at Brest . " It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time ." Exhausted or not   Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew . " It hasn ' t sunk in yet but I know it ' s a great time  " he said . Britain ' s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non - stop circumnavigation in 2005   but lost it to Francis Joyon of France . She regained it three years later .  Gabart ' s  record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council   which will scrutinize  his  vessel ' s GPS data before signing off on the new record .
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ed Gillespie ? Ed Gillespie   left  is the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia;  Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam  is the Democratic candidate. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate  Ed Gillespie  started to close a financial gap with Democratic rival Ralph Northam in October  new filings show.
 Gillespie  raised $9.7 million between Oct. 1 and Oct. 26  while  Northam  pulled in nearly $11 million  according to records compiled Tuesday by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).
The late flood of campaign money is unprecedented in modern Virginia history  according to VPAP. Together  Gillespie and  Northam  raised almost twice what the gubernatorial contenders collected in the same period four years ago.
 Northam   the stateâs lieutenant governor  also significantly outspent  Gillespie  in October  $15 million to $10.7 million. Doing so meant losing the 2-to-1 cash advantage he had over  Gillespie  since the summer.
With 12 days before Election Day   Northam  had $1.7 million left in campaign accounts to  Gillespie âs $1.4 million. Libertarian candidate Cliff Hyra raised $11 000 in the October period  ending with about $5 000 on hand.
Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)
The Republican Governors Association on Monday gave $2.8 million to  Gillespie âs campaign â the largest single donation to a gubernatorial candidate in recent memory  according to VPAP.
The tightening of the money race comes as most polls show Northam with a slight lead or in a dead heat with  Gillespie   a longtime GOP operative. Virginiaâs governorâs race is widely viewed as a test of politics in the era of President Trump and a hint of whatâs to come in next yearâs midterm elections.
 Gillespie  has been airing hard-edge ads seeking to tie Northam to MS-13 gang violence and a sex offender who briefly got his rights restored. Northam countered with a commercial blasting  Gillespie âs ads as âfalse attacksâ and âdespicable â while the Latino Victory Fund released a controversial commercial featuring a  Gillespie  supporter in a pickup truck chasing a group of minority children.
 Gillespie âs earlier fundraising troubles raised questions about why a well-connected former head of the Republican National Committee â and a lobbyist and consultant for Fortune 500 companies â wasnât able to keep up.
In the October filing period  the Republican Governors Association poured $4.75 million into  Gillespie âs bid  nearly half his haul. He also received $250 000 from Marlene Ricketts  a conservative donor who bankrolled an effort to stop Trump from securing the GOP nomination. Investment banker and GOP donor Thomas Saunders and Haulover Creek Development Co. each pitched in $100 000.
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz ? But Kacsmaryk and Mateer are backed by Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn , whose fellow Republicans control the chamber and are likely to muster the 50 votes needed to secure their confirmation . 
"I love the First Liberty Institute ," Cruz said last month . 
The court cited VFW 's amicus brief filed by First Liberty and Cruz -- who was then with Morgan Lewis -- in saying that the cross was "intended simply to honor our Nation 's fallen soldiers" and was n't "an attempt to set the imprimatur of the state on a particular creed ."
[EX A]:
Neutral