“Guillermo who?”
Then why, I wondered, should I even consider missing Kate & Allie on the night of Allie’s big decision about her boyfriend’s marriage proposal? I mean here’s an American woman in her late 30s who actually doesn’t know whether she wants to marry this good-looking ex-professional football player turned sportscaster who’s so madly in love with her he’s already broadcast his feelings over the radio. Could Allie have forgotten those long, lonely sitcom seasons when all she had to look forward to on Saturday nights was Kate and the laundry basket? Now that’s an important issue.
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“Guillermo Ungo? . . . Oh, don’t test me on trivia,” groaned another, who prides himself on his liberal political leanings.
So, OK I turned Kate & Allie on for five minutes. I’m one of the only people I know who doesn’t have a VCR, and maybe this Guillermo Ungo thing would start a little bit late.
“Know” is putting it mildly. The first time Coatsworth mentioned his name, they were on their feet, clapping and cheering. As the noise died down, a young Hispanic woman cried out in Spanish, in a hopeful, spirited voice, “End the repression. Salvador will win.”
There were two standing ovations before Coatsworth thanked Ungo and invited him to return soon–but he hoped Ungo would return as the restored and rightful leader of a democratic government in El Salvador who is on his way home after visiting President Jackson in Washington.
Ultimately, Miller said, representatives of both papers’ editorial boards did meet with him. Then she added, “A reporter sat in on the meeting at the Tribune, but she didn’t ask any questions.”
