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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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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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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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 Henry Raleigh
City deskmen were hoarse from answering readers' tips.
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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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There were few good editors,reporters and deskmen, and the laws of natural selection weeded out the unfit amateurs.
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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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Derek Almeida —————————————————————————————————————— Derek Almeida, besides being one of Goa's finest and most aesthetically-balanced deskmen, steals time to write humour columns whenever possible.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various
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