There was not any tobacco in Spain until ______.

A．He is one of the most important executives in the firm.
B．His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduced.
C．He is directly under the chief financial executive.
D．He has no authority in making important decisions in the firm.

A．the former reach a larger audience than the latter do
B．the former are more objective
C．the former appear in independent media
D．the latter are much more in number and stand out clearly