deskman

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

His network ruled not only that Roper and Day had been right about the differences, but that Murrow and the Manhattan deskman had been wrong.

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.

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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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