deskman
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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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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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They paused as a telephone buzzed, and stared at the deskman who picked it up.
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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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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
Once so shorthanded that columnists had to wind computer tape and deskmen had to help set type, the staff now works almost normal shifts.
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There Alsop, who even then could write rings around veteran deskmen, rose like whipping cream above the city-room pack.
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City deskmen were hoarse from answering readers' tips.
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There were few good editors,reporters and deskmen, and the laws of natural selection weeded out the unfit amateurs.
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But the deskmen command a temporary majority: for the short while they shall hold the cards they have the right to call the game.
From Pagan Papers by Grahame, Kenneth
