11.   He said he was chatting with friends from the Genovese crime family when DiLeonardo sent a henchman to tell him to button his shirt.

12.   His shirts were buttoned high under his chin.

13.   Instead, he learned to compensate, and he still allots extra time for the most basic tasks, like buttoning a shirt.

14.   It used to take Allan Bowlby five excruciating minutes to button his shirt.

15.   Nor did he refer to his struggle with some of the tasks, like buttoning his shirts, cutting his food and writing, that challenge him daily.

16.   Some tasks the armless might never master, though, like buttoning a shirt or tying a knot.

17.   Steve Wallace, offensive line stalwart, could barely button his shirt after the game.

18.   The treatment is surgery in which the two muscles are sown together -- kind of like buttoning a shirt down the front.

19.   When he was in fourth grade, it was a pain for Anthony Sisroe to tie his shoelaces and button his shirt.

20.   When his survival was assured he turned to newer challenges, like buttoning his shirt.