Word: telegraphically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What is the greatest newspaper in the U. S? The New York Times, say critics. What is the most important page of that newspaper? Its editorial page, say readers. Who should take the most care to read this editorial page? The men on the copy desk* and the telegraph desk,† the reporters and all the paper's employes, say the editors. Do they read it? No, they do not, says the public, enlightened by a painful piece of flummery which occurred last week...
...copy had made no reference to the New York Times believing that it had sprung from the forehead of the News editor. The New Haven correspondent of the New York Times seized upon it and wired it to Manhattan. Thus it reached the individuals who function on the telegraph desk of the Times. They were interested. A very well-written little article. So that was what Yale thought of Harvard, of Princeton, of itself, eh? In the morning, readers...
...telegraph desk sit the men who edit the stories that come by wire...
Many brokerage firms in Manhattan have gained the title of "wire houses" because of the extensive private telegraph lines which they lease to convey orders for securities to Manhattan. The 20 principal wire houses require about 300,000 miles of leased wires. A single large firm alone operates 40,000 miles of private-leased wires, connecting its main office in Manhattan with 12 branch offices and over 50 correspondent firms all over the country...
...stand. His "protest" is not expected to count for much against the "bayonets" of Reza Khan. The British Government has already given "provisional recognition" to the new "provisional government" of Persia. The Russian Government, which has been freely rumored to be behind Reza Khan, recognized the new regime by telegraph almost before it was announced...