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When I was a cub reporter at a newspaper 40-odd years ago, my fantasy was to have a wire-service news ticker at home.
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A wire-service photographer on the scene captured images of men holding signs — in English — that read "Go out U.S.A."
WikiLeaks Delves Into Mundane Nathan Hodge 2010
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The answer was in the day's wire-service reports: The White House wanted Lott out as the Senate's top Republican.
Charlie Reina: A New Fox? Don't Unlock the Henhouse Charlie Reina 2011
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The answer was in the day's wire-service reports: The White House wanted Lott out as the Senate's top Republican.
Charlie Reina: A New Fox? Don't Unlock the Henhouse Charlie Reina 2011
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Moreover, wire-service coverage of big-city cultural events was routinely carried by local newspapers throughout the country.
Heard of Any Great Playwrights Lately? Terry Teachout 2010
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So far, these stories are unimpressive — often just a brief compilation of wire-service reporting.
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So far, these stories are unimpressive — often just a brief compilation of wire-service reporting.
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The latest: wire-service stories saying the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, will start selling the iPhone, ...
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A state legislator in Missouri, Claude Boulrice (D-Knob Noster), read a wire-service report in which Shrdlu was mentioned, and rose on the floor of the General Assembly in the State Capitol in Jefferson City to denounce Shrdlu's works as “frivolous, a waste of money, and a corruption of the morals of our young men and women at taxpayer's expense.”
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The wire-service reporter who receives this confession will later declare that "good reporting and good behavior are mutually exclusive."
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