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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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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