Oops!

Try replacing __DATA__ with:

To be or not to be?
Today Glastonbury tomorrow Brighton!

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Output:

To be or not *to* *be*?
*To*day Glas*to*nbury *to*morrow Brigh*to*n!

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:-)

Update: Worse (and incomprehensibly to me), replacing __DATA__ with:

To be or not?
Today Glastonbury tomorrow Brighton!

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gives:

T**o** **b**e** **o**r** **n**o**t**?**
**T**o**d**a**y** **G**l**a**s**t**o**n**b**u**r**y** **t**o**m**o**r*
+*r**o**w**
 **B**r**i**g**h**t**o**n**!**

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In reply to Re^2: Preserve original text formatting. by Not_a_Number
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