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@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ <h4 id="Action_Items">2.3.3 Action Items</h4>
 
 <p>Append action items after a colon as in <code>TODO: action item</code>.</p>
 
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 <pre><code class="language-django prettyprint external">{# TODO(john.doe): revisit centering #}
 &lt;center&gt;Test&lt;/center&gt;
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 <p></p>
 
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