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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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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Any deskman in the top-ranking E Ring of the Pentagon knows that a new Secretary should appear tongue-tied by military terminology, respectful of military uniform, and humble at the talk of potential military destruction.
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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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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
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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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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City deskmen were hoarse from answering readers' tips.
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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
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