Word: deskman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pitchers, nobody can win." All the same, he had to put in a word for speedy "black outfielders," none of whom were allowed to confound Cobb. "Willie Mays and Bobby Bonds were chasing my stuff down," Rose reminded. In a telephone call ) that much entertained the press box, a deskman back at one newspaper had a question: "Is he saying black people run faster than white people?" Stop the presses...
...would not take him to be one of the CIA'S top men. Indeed, he is now unrecognized even by the CIA, particularly a slick, thick deskman (Ned Beatty) who makes the mistake of canning Matthau or not sticking by the book when he breaks up a Soviet spy ring in Munich. Walter's revenge is what the rest of the film is about...