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...stammered a little and said it was 36 per cent, which turned out to be right and won me Shockley's approval. I later learned, in fact, that he had gone relatively easy on me; other reporters had to figure out 16 per cent of 300 per cent...
...next day, I got a call from Shockley. "Hello," he said, "Shockley here. Of course you know I'm tape-recording this conversations: I tape-record all my telephone conversations. Now before I let you in to this debate, I want to find out a few things about you. First of all, could you tell me what's 60 per cent of 60 per cent...
...Shockley then announced that he would be holding what he called a "tutorial" prior to the debate in order to acquaint the press with his theories so they could understand him better...
...tutorial did not, however, turn out as Shockley had hoped it would. It was more of a press conference, with a lot of reporters and television lights...
...Shockley sat calmly behind a table during the press conference looking unperturbed. He is 63 years old, short, gray-haired and innocent looking. He never gets excited or raises his voice. He looks gentle and unimportant. People wonder what he ever did to raise any furor. And then he says things--very calmly always--like "I'd like to talk about the way we can trace the intelligence of Negroes to their percentage of Caucasian blood...