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Victor Reigel: Fat people lack self-confidence because it's been ground out of them, he says
Victor Reigel: Fat people lack self-confidence because it's been ground out of them, he says

Victor Reigel: Fat people lack self-confidence because it's been ground out of them, he says

Date6/13/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Victor Reigel: Fat people lack self-confidence because it's been ground out of them; he says.
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