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: t and reverted to Tina, her prowess as what she called a stenographer, the sad fact of her childlessness, the swift onset of the disease which had killed her.

Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981

Then he called a stenographer and began a bit of dictation.

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Page 12 looked over and he said, "Duke, I'm going to give you Ernest Brewer, who's a good reporter," in other words a stenographer who had been on the Atlanta

Oral History Interview with Daniel Duke, August 22, 1990. Interview A-0366. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1990

Then he called his stenographer, and dictated a letter to his cousin, Mr. Lee, and to each of the three other persons whom he had approached in relation to their votes at the stockholders 'meeting.

The Moneychangers Upton Sinclair 1923

After some demurring on the part of Orcutt, he called a stenographer and drew a contract, which he duly signed and handed to Wentworth, who thrust it into his pocket with the packet of papers.

The Challenge of the North 1921

Then he called a stenographer and began a bit of dictation.

The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908

The greenish brown eyes of the little man were forever looking into space, and when he caught a dream, instead of letting it go, he called a stenographer and made it come true.

A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1906

Because the reporters were both busy we called the stenographer, and had the Colonel's story taken down as he told it -- to be rewritten into an obituary later.

In Our Town William Allen White 1906

(he called a stenographer and wrote for a letter from the country doctor,) he explained regretfully that until she could prove that she was the person she claimed to be she could not actually take possession of the house.

Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke

Cowperwood, with an admirable show of courtesy, called a stenographer, and pretended to secure for his guest the home addresses of these gentlemen.

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