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Pugwash|ˈpʌgwɒʃ|
The name of a village in Nova Scotia where in 1957 the first conference was held of scientists concerned to promote international responsibility in the peaceful uses of scientific discoveries, used attrib. of this and subsequent conferences, and also the movement which they generated, as Pugwash conference, Pugwash group, etc. Also ellipt.
1957N.Y. Times 12 July 3/6 Asked if he and his Russian colleague came to the Pugwash meeting as independent scientists, Mr. Topchiev replied [etc.]. 1957Science 2 Aug. 199/3 These men all signed the ‘Pugwash Statement’. 1957Bull. Atomic Sci. Sept. 244/2 The Pugwash discussion showed clearly that the most important unresolved disagreement among experts concerns not the radiation exposure caused by bomb tests..but the biological consequences likely to be produced by this exposure. 1958Washington Post 15 Sept. 18/2 Pugwash conferences, so named because the first one took place at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, on the estate of American multimillionaire Cyrus Eaton. 1963Pugwash Newslet. July 2 Since the Pugwash Newsletter is for private circulation only, it may provide a convenient medium for testing and impromptu..ideas. 1965New Statesman 16 Apr. 601/1 He [sc. Albert Einstein] died 10 years ago on Sunday, two days after signing the great Russell-Einstein Manifesto which launched the Pugwash Movement of scientists (the 14th meeting took place in Venice this week). 1968Listener 11 July 36/1 Pugwash..has set up a study group. 1972Guardian 4 Sept. 10/6 Pugwash is this week spending much of its time discussing problems of developing nations. 1976Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 19 July 21/1 The banquet meeting of the Canadian and American Pugwash groups. |