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...Weldon...
Although the Eagles have sorely missed the playmaking ability of backcourt ace Mel Weldon, lost to graduation, Northeastern coach Jim Calhoun attributed B.C.'s sluggish output so far to constant fluctuations in the starting lineup. Constant substitutions from B.C.'s talentstacked bench result in "just playing to get playing time in," said Calhoun...
...Weldon...
...most victims have accepted the inevitable. Mrs. Violet Weldon, 41, whose mother died of the disease that she herself has had for several years, has adjusted to her affliction. "By the time I was told I had the disease, I had already come to the realization that the disease was a part of me," she explains...
...Weldon turns this downbeat visit into a romp. Whenever self-pity threatens the characters, another flashback washes it away. If these juxtapositions of past and present sometimes seem too easily ironic, the novel's breathless pace discourages dawdling over flaws. Its humor is wicked, in the manner of Waugh, whose comedy was also of matters as well as manners. The characters' resiliency is not less heroic for taking wacky forms. As Weldon proved in Down Among the Women (1973), she loves her sex because, not in spite of itself. ∙Paul Gray