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By Daniel J. Kevles. 509 pp. New York, W.W. Norton, 1998. $29.95. ISBN 0-393-04103-4.

It is difficult not to feel sympathy for (or fearful identification with) David Baltimore, who endured an ordeal of epic proportions over more than a decade because he objected to the tactics of his inquisitors. After all, it is hard to feel good about a governmental process that takes 10 years to grind to its conclusion, sullies all the participants along the way, and ends with a verdict that excoriates the competence of the prosecutors while damning with faint praise the quality of the science. On the other hand, that the process was horrific is not a defense of conduct. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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