deskman
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The mirage blinded a CBS Washington deskman named James E. Roper one evening a fortnight ago, as he scanned the script turned in by Sevareid for his nightly five-minute analysis on the radio network.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago, William R. Moore, Associated Press deskman in New York, asked for a transfer to Korea, where he had served with U.S. occupation forces in 1946.
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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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They paused as a telephone buzzed, and stared at the deskman who picked it up.
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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 Harry Alverson Franck
There Alsop, who even then could write rings around veteran deskmen, rose like whipping cream above the city-room pack.
From Time Magazine Archive
City deskmen were hoarse from answering readers' tips.
From Time Magazine Archive
The State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research wears a gloomy mien that irks Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the optimistic deskmen of the East Asian bureau.
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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 Kenneth Grahame
