He rewrites so much that the first chapter of a book may be rewritten 40 or 50 times.
It comes off like the Circe chapter of "Ulysses" rewritten by Monty Python, but, although copying Joyce is a doomed enterprise, it is perhaps an achievement that the result is not a total embarrassment.
The best chapter of his book rewrites American history to boomer tastes, with dialogue to match, as in: "Speaking for the entire Lincoln family, I'd like to congratulate the Confederacy for taking things to another level".
A key chapter of music history could be rewritten by a jury that began deliberating on Wednesday over whether Led Zeppelin ripped off a riff for its epic Stairway to Heaven.
Lame duck Republicans in Michigan have rewritten a chapter of that state's long and proud labor history, ramming through a "right to work" law that will force unions to represent people who do not pay dues.
They were rewriting, for the third time, a mission statement for their chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, the activist group that had been dormant for nearly 40 years.
The musical, which opened on Broadway Sunday night at the Lyceum Theater after an Off Broadway run at the Vineyard Theater last spring, joins "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" as a bold-hued attempt to rewrite a chapter of America's past as musical comedy.
Mr Sarkozy undertook a prolonged charm campaign to position himself as America's new best friend, rewriting the Gaullist rules and closing a chapter of bitter Franco-America relations.
The autumn statement, opening a new chapter in its rewriting of Britain's tattered social settlement, has suddenly made these the fundamental questions in British politics.
The former commission members said the information, if true, could rewrite an important chapter of the history of the intelligence failures before Sept. 11, 2001.
