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TheWeirdWorldofTobacco
ByAnnaQuidlen
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TheWeirdWorldofTobacco
ByAnnaQuidlen
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[1]ImaginethatmillionsofAmericansareaddictedtoalethal(poisonous/deadly)drug,yettheFoodandDrugAdministrationhadrepeatedlyrefusedtoregulate(control)(while)theFDAdoesitsduty,anappealscourtdecidesitcannotdoso,thatthedrugissodangerousthatiftheFDAregulatedit,itwouldhavetobebanned.
[2]Welcometothetopsy-turvy(是非颠倒的)worldoftobacco,wherenothingmuchmakessense(bemeaningful)exceptthevastprofits,wheretobacco-companyexecutivesslip-slidealongthecontinuum(连续统一体)fromaggrieved(sad)innocencetoheartfelt(sincere真诚的)regretwithoutbreaking(shedblood)asweat,andwheretheonlypeoplewhoseemtobeabletoshootstraight(hitthetarget命中目标的)arethejurors(judges)whodecidetheubiquitous(common)lawsuits.
[3]Themostrecentpanel(court)handeddownajudgmentof$145billion—thelargestjuryawardinhistory—,yetthestockmarketscarcely(hardly)(possible)bereducedwhencoolerjudicialheadsprevailed.
[4]Thejurors—whogaveuptwoyearsoftheirlives,listenedtoendlesswitnessesandyetdeliberated(gave)onlyafewhours—couldbeforgiveniftheyfeltthey'dfallendo
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