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<html>
    <head>
        <title>Table as spanner</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Below you should see boxes that are green, blue, yellow, and purple, in that order.</p>
        <span style="font: 40px Ahem;"><span style="color: green;">P</span><span style="color: blue;">A</span><span style="color: yellow;">S</span><span style="color: purple;">S</span></span>
    </body>
</html>