In fact he could not have stopped Mr Scherf even if he had wanted to.
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And Kurt Scherf, an analyst at Parks Associates, used the example of an animated TV series about a futuristic family to explain why it hasn't taken off.
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Still, it is the lanky Mr Scherf who gets most of the cheers and who has the real clout even over the chancellor, when it comes to Bremen.