Word: dieses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jan. 16, p. II, col. 2, paragraph ending under his picture: unless most of Washington et al rhyme it with "Mice," the title to Secretary Ickes' undelivered blast "Loaded Dies" would have gone with the wind.
-TIME never tried to rhyme Dies with "geese." Nor with "mice." Dies rhymes with "spies."-ED.
Dies
Some TIME ago when Representative Dies's activities were first recorded, you informed your readers the pronunciation rhymed with "Geese."
Quick to deny any part in this attack on Miss Perkins, was her loudest critic, Representative Martin Dies* of Texas. Said he: "I wouldn't go so far as to accuse the Secretary of high crimes and misdemeanors."