Indeed, he has upset many conservatives in Schleswig-Holstein, by opposing their campaign to curb immigration, by backing the retention of mixed-ability secondary schools, and by arguing that drug addicts should be treated as sick people rather than as criminals.

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When a wool carpet surpasses its utility, it gets turned into secondary fuel for the cement industry, and the leftover chalk gets used for backing carpet tiles.

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