| A federal judge on Monday certified a
$200 billion class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry for its marketing
of light cigarettes. Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein’s 540-page opinion in Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 04-CIV-1945—which included an additional 965 pages of appendices for a total of 1,505 pages—gave tens of millions of smokers an avenue to recover damages from the nation’s largest tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., and Liggett Group, Inc. The class will include anyone who purchased light cigarettes from the time tobacco companies began selling them in the 1970s. The judge said he even would consider broadening the class, to encompass smokers of all "low tar" brands, not just light cigarettes. The judge suggested that an expansion o A. requires a public fund of $200 billion B. may lead to US $200 billion in payment C. involves an investment of US $200 billion D. is about what the tobacco industry is worth [单项选择]A judge who is lenient will not punish people severely.（ ）
A. merciful B. loose C. sincere D. lunatic [填空题]When you travel abroad, you can judge whether the country is rich or poor by seeing wealth-- ______ instead of looking at people’ s account.
[填空题]Chan told the assembly that she wanted to be judged by the influence WTO has on all the people across the world since all regions, all countries, all people are equally important.
[填空题]Nowadays most companies don’t judge an employee simply 根据其所受教育.
[单项选择]The judge remained sober despite the lawyer’s ludicrous attempt to prove the defendant’s innocence.（ ）
A. sad B. sorry C. serious D. surprised [单项选择]
Judge Kleinberg got it right when he made it clear that there weren’t separate rules for bloggers and journalists. 我来回答: 提交
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