Some of the turbulence will test (but not break) the coalition, as specific policy disputes set flinty, small-state Tories against more tender-hearted, pro-European and environmentally minded Lib Dems.

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When former President Ronald Reagan visited his birthplace in Tampico, Illinois on May 10, 1992, this tender-hearted, consummate gentleman, fast-fading with enveloping Alzheimers, wept, said curator Joan Johnson, as he laid eyes on the bed, where his mother Nelle had labored for many difficult hours, before giving birth to him on February 6, 1911.

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