One of the more interesting of the CPA's reports, if only for its deletions, is the March 28, 2004, Administrator's Weekly Economic Report. On this page, you can see what a page from that report looks like in its published form; on the next page is a screen shot of what the document looks like with the CPA's deletions included. On the third page is a screen shot of one deleted passage from the report, which shows a CPA staffer's Pollyanna-ish reasoning in trying to explain a lessening of violence in the Iraqi province of Anbar.
The full document is available for download here. To replicate what my son did, check "Mark up," under Microsoft Word's "View" menu. Then, in the "Tools" menu, choose "Track changes," then "Highlight changes," and check the box marked "Highlight changes on screen." (This is the procedure applicable for Word 2004 for Mac; others may vary.)
If you'd like to examine similar contents of other CPA reports, you can download three others: April 16, May 7 and May 28.
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