deskman

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But in small round-table sessions everywhere he went, wavy-haired L�pez Mateos, a deskman by training, has lined up the loyalty of political leaders who count.

From Time Magazine Archive

In comparison to Voight's unswerving dedication, Beatty's mania seems just about as workaday as a deskman collecting box scores from the local high schools.

From Time Magazine Archive

The State Department deskman had no one to call but a Pentagon deskman�who apparently did not realize the cable's contents warranted bothering a higher-up.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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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