Some history: He is Fat Boy to some, Tough Guy to others and, to the vast majority of people who pass him by without so much as a glance, "that statue" on the corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike.

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Whatever personal demons Murphy is exorcising by camping it up in drag while wearing a fat suit, he is clearly saying nothing about fat people in general but a great deal about himself.

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For the deepest layer, the hypodermis, he is looking at taking fat from the abdomen and injecting under the healing wound.

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As for Mr. Berkowitz, I think he is an exceptionally skilled investor for whom the market is not throwing many fat pitches.

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In that, he said, it is on par with human body fat.

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However, if the tissue is mostly fat in an obese patient, he will have to pay attention to diet and exercise to maintain the result, he said.

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"The tortilla is really going to absorb a lot of fat, " he said.

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In a more recent show, he told his audience that Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is worth trying for its alleged fat-burning properties, and the rush was on.

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"The fat-is-bad principle is a very recent approach, " he said.

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"Ed is like Warren Buffett--if it isn't a fat pitch, he won't swing, " says Preston Athey, whose T.

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