<section>
  <article class="left-side">
    <h1>Left Half</h1>
    <p>Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.</p>
  </article>

  <article class="right-side">
    <h1>Right Half</h1>
    <p>If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.</p>
  </article>
  
  <article class="full">
    <h1>I Steal Everything</h1>
    <p>I am all powerful. All shall follow me and despair!</p>
  </article>
  
  <article class="left-side">
    <img alt="" src="http://placehold.it/150/150" style="float:right" title="Floated image just to prove a point" />
    <h1>Left Half</h1>
    <p>Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.</p>
  </article>

  <article class="right-side">
    <img alt="" src="http://placehold.it/150/150" style="float:left" title="Floated image just to prove a point" />
    <h1>Right Half</h1>
    <p>If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.</p>
  </article>
</section>

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