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noun U.S. History.

an early, informal name for the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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Origin of Dies Committee

Named after Martin Dies, its first chairman

Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A young novelist dies, the American military is betrayed and James Patterson is profiled.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014|William Boot|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Still, his conviction will restart a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tenor dies; the prima donna appears to do the same, but the libretto consoles you by declaring that she only swoons.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
A germ flies from a stagnant pool, and the laughing child, its mother's darling, dies dreadfully of diphtheria.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
In the case of the Midland—they appointed a committee of inquiry, and the directors assented to the appointment.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Walking thrice round it, he at each time gravely repeated: "If she dies she dies, but if she lives she lives."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He cannot live; and the doctor says that neither speech nor recollection can return before he dies.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu