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           <p>System managers are responsible for:</p>
           <ul>
              <li>This</li>
              <li>That</li>
              <li>And the other</li>
           </ul>

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      <td>

        <span style="background-color:#CCC">
             <p>Something to say</p>
        </span>

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   </tr>
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