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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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Short, complex, informative . I'm shocked at the negative reviews this book has received. I found it to be a brilliant introduction to an incredibly complex thinker and person. Far from bashing Jefferson for his views on blacks and women, Appleby apologizes for him, and basically agrees with her negative reviewers here that we should not judge an eighteenth century figure by twentieth century standards. Appleby has a remarkable feel for the politics of the early Republic, and does a brilliant job of recreating for a modern reader exactly what the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans were fighting over. She makes a strong case that Jefferson stood for democracy, against elitist opponents who sought to exclude common people from voting. The core of her argument is that Jeffersonian republicanism is at the heart of our modern conception of democracy, and that both contemporary political parties -- the Democratic and the Republican -- draw equally on his legacy. An important argument to remember in these partisan times, and it gives us hope that we can overcome our current profound divisions
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POS

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Speaking of whining... . To: Rat After spending my entire adult life as a working single mother, I find your whining about mothers as "the most priveleged class" uninformed, if not downright ludicrous. You feel you have to do all of their work for them while they lazily sit around the house? I have never personally spent "years on leave". Although, I have covered countless shifts for my hungover or broken-hearted, childless co-workers, and have only stayed home with a sick child about 5 times in 13 years. I have taken on more [...], covered more [...] and put up with more bull than I deserved, because as the sole support of my child, I couldn't risk losing my job. I have been an employer's bargain! Furthermore, Rat -- you clearly do not understand the concept of flex time. Flex time doesn't mean somebody works less hours than you. Flex time means there is an inherent flexibility built into EVERYONE'S work schedule, so that work gets done, but life can happen to. You are probably familiar with this concept in reality -- have you ever skipped lunch so you could leave early to go to the dentist? In the future, please try to wrap your brain around the bigger picture before you jump to such conclusions
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POS

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BOOK NOT PUBLISHED . THIS BOOK WAS PRE-ORDERED AND HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR COMPUTER
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NEG