31.   Dole criticized a recent Justice Department lawsuit that seeks to recover from the industry billions of dollars that taxpayers have spent on smoking-related health care.

32.   Interest in the issue of priest celibacy has risen in the wake of recent lawsuits against American priests accused of child abuse.

33.   Nakajima expressed satisfaction at recent lawsuits against cigarette makers in the United States.

34.   The most recent lawsuit claims Xerox and several top officers reported false financial results and failed to adhere to standard accounting practices it claimed to follow.

35.   The trial, which began last week, is the first of a rash of recent lawsuits involving rollovers of Ford Explorers and Firestone tires to go to trial.