Word: hugheses
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In 1967, Hughes became chair of SANE, a position which he held until 1970.
Hoffmann, who called Hughes a beatnik, said Hughes was one of the few Harvard professors to publicly object to the war.
Hughes' action against the war was deliberate and well-thought-out, according to Hoffman; for example, he did not support the students' actions of disrupting classes.
His controversial views drew the attention of the U.S. government. When Hughes went on sabbatical to Europe in 1966, the FBI requested that U.S. State Department embassies keep tabs on his activities. After the request became public, the ensuing outrage prompted the FBI to abandon the practice of embassy surveillance...
A World War II veteran, Hughes served in the Office of Strategic Services and the Army. He also served as chief of European research for the U.S. State Department for two years after the war.