deskman

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He was a night-shift city deskman when his bosses shifted him to society a fortnight ago, set him up with an assistant and a telephone of his own.

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His other positions on the magazine included bureau chief in Ottawa, deskman in New York and Deputy Chief of the Time-Life News Service.

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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 in small round-table sessions everywhere he went, wavy-haired L�pez Mateos, a deskman by training, has lined up the loyalty of political leaders who count.

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There his friend Corporal Macey subdued his broad Irish smile and ordered the deskman to "book him up."

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson