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Floating Images

Most browser now support floating images -- whereby the image floats on the page, and text can flow around it. For exmaple, here is a small image, with text flowing around it:

ALIGN="left"
<IMG SRC="caduceus.gif" ALT="" 
 ALIGN="left"> The caduceus is a 
widely known medical symbol, and 
consists of two snakes twined around 
a winged staff.  There are many 
different versions of the symbol; 
some lack the wings; some show 
only one twined snake...
The caduceus is a widely known medical symbol, and consists of two snakes twined around a winged staff. There are many different versions of the symbol; some lack the wings; some show only one twined snake...
ALIGN="right"
<IMG SRC="caduceus.gif" ALT="" 
 ALIGN="right"> The caduceus is a 
widely known medical symbol, and 
consists of two snakes twined around 
a winged staff.  There are many 
different versions of the symbol; 
some lack the wings; some show only 
one twined snake...
The caduceus is a widely known medical symbol, and consists of two snakes twined around a winged staff. There are many different versions of the symbol; some lack the wings; some show only one twined snake...
NOTE
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