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<body bgcolor="#c0c0c0">

<table width="100%" border="5">
  <tr>
    <td>
                        <table border="3">
        <tr>
                                        <td width="1000">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
                </td>
    <td>This is some text</td>
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</table>

<br>

<table border="5">
  <tr>
    <td>
                        <table border="3">
        <tr>
                                        <td width="1000">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
                </td>
    <td>This is some text</td>
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</table>

</body>
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