He said that although she found her failing strength frustrating, right up until her last week she was mentally "as bright as a button with a brilliant memory".
And so it has gone into the 21st century, with the chaotic race in 2008 when Lewis Hamilton won for McLaren after three safety-car periods and Jenson Button's brilliant victory in the rain in 2010, among others.
Her cotton blouse had been pulled back over one shoulder when she'd taken off her coat, causing the shirt's brilliant mother-of-pearl buttons to look as if they were about to pop off at the collar.
He wore pressed jeans, a brilliant-white snap-button shirt, cowboy boots, and a belt buckle with a steer head on it.
While team-mate Jenson Button produced a brilliant drive to victory at Suzuka, Hamilton finished a distant fifth.
That keeps people calm there's enough familiarity in the experience for a feeling of comfort but also enough wonder to go, wow, this is brilliant, without worrying about what buttons to be pressing.
That keeps people calm – there's enough familiarity in the experience for a feeling of comfort, but also enough wonder to go, wow, this is brilliant, without worrying about what buttons to be pressing.
The concept is brilliant; the dashboard touch screen offers buttons for apps like Bing, Traffic, Weather and Pandora radio that connect to the Internet through your phone.
Bar a brilliant win in Australia and strong seconds in China and Germany, Button's season has been a disappointment for such a quality driver, and he is out of title contention.
My youngest, in particular, with her brilliant mind and astounding zest for life, pushes my buttons, and is (coincidentally?), like me; multi-dimensional.
