deskman

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The deskman instructed the Coast Guard not to entice the sailor, but under any circumstances to "keep me apprised" of what happens next.

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The Toronto Globe & Mail fired him after three weeks as a deskman.

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The only San Francisco paper that did not run the pictures was the Chronicle, whose deskman could not be reached when the agency was peddling the prints.

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When a deskman suggested that defacing the flag might be illegal, the Colonel had him call the Tribune's attorneys, and stood by for their ruling.

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But new-comers pressed forward and kept trying to convince the deskman that he had rooms somewhere, rooms that he had forgotten, or was saving for people who would never arrive.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry