Button, fastest in first practice, is 35 points behind McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who tops the table.

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Forget the gentle-paced table tennis played out in a mate's garage or down the youth club, the first to 21 points quick to gloat about his or her superior talent.

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Another early ad the next year for the much more mainstream Apple II pictured a woman preparing a meal, gazing adoringly at her mate working on the Apple computer on the kitchen table.

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Elsewhere on day 15 of the Games, China's world number one Zhang Yining won back-to-back table tennis golds, after defeating team-mate Wang Nan to hand the hosts a clean sweep of the medals in the women's singles.

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When Clinton tapped him as his running mate in July 1992, Gore brought some impressive experience to the table, including service in the House and Senate, serious environmental credentials and expertise in science, space policy and emerging communication technologies.

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Montoya is six points behind his team-mate in the title chase and Williams are just three adrift of Ferrari in the constructors' table, but Williams are playing down the prospect of a title challenge.

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