He worked on the metropolitan desk in a variety of capacities for a dozen years.

The city desk is gone, alas, crushed under the great sprawling mass of the metropolitan desk.

While reporting on business for the metropolitan desk, editors say, he was energetic and willing to work all hours.

An appointment on The Times's metropolitan desk was also announced yesterday.

'You wanted only the early news summaries from the metropolitan desk,' McAllister said, just to be certain.

Armstead flipped through the summaries from the metropolitan desk, pretending to read several.

I inquired at the metropolitan desk about several stories, and made this one of them.

He joined The Times in 1955 as a copy editor on the metropolitan desk.

He was an assistant editor on the metropolitan and national desks, and cultural news editor from 1974 to 1976.

On the metropolitan desk, he managed a staff of more than 100 reporters and editors.