1.   ESSEX raced to a stunning seven-wicket victory over Sussex as the record books were rewritten at Hove.

2.   By then the burial ground will have rewritten the book on slavery in New York and given historians something to talk about well into the next century.

3.   Every day, if not every hour, the Monica Lewinsky saga seems to rewrite the book on journalistic practice and standards.

4.   For example, the Winston Cup craves close competition, so the rule book is constantly rewritten.

5.   For his part, Sampras has rewritten the book from the male perspective.

6.   Having rewritten the book on anthrax treatment, they may well write the first book on anthrax recovery.

7.   He accused Cnet of erasing the error the way Soviet bureaucrats rewrote history books.

8.   Henry Aaron, of course, lasted longer than Mantle and rewrote record books on the way.

9.   Indeed, investigators, prosecutors and forensic experts hail DNA testing as the greatest advancement in solving crimes since fingerprinting rewrote the book a century ago.

10.   It has rewritten the book on retailing and set the standard by which all others in its industry are measured.