Friday, January 18, 2013

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Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra by Arturo J. Paniagua
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In 1994, midterm elections resulted in Republicans winning a majority in the Senate while at the same time gaining control of the House for the first time in 40 years. Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1441, aimed at forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences." President George W. Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime "with a final test." Five years ago: The Senate confirmed President George W. Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be attorney general, 53-40. President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency as the Senate enacted, 79-14, a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was filled with unnecessary projects. Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra swept the Latin Grammy Awards, taking home five musical honors including album of the year, record of the year and song of the year.

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President George W. Bush

Overall Sentiment: -0.0869597

Relevance: 0.95744

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0.133484President George W. Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime "with a final test."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.133484
  • Mean: 0.133484
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Saddam Hussein

Overall Sentiment: 0.130839

Relevance: 0.397823

Bil Keane

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.393038

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Juan Luis Guerra

Overall Sentiment: 0.0449245

Relevance: 0.381777

Disambiguation: MusicalGroup | Composer | MusicalArtist | BroadcastArtist | MusicalGroupMemberReferences:

Steve Beshear

Overall Sentiment: 0.163072

Relevance: 0.28486

Michael Mukasey

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.282377

Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant

Overall Sentiment: 0.121255

Relevance: 0.279189

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
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Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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EntertainmentAward: Grammy Awards

Overall Sentiment: 0.0625772

Relevance: 0.302784

Organization: Senate

Overall Sentiment: -0.082934

Relevance: 0.717748

Organization: U.N. Security Council

Overall Sentiment: 0.397332

Relevance: 0.330108

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