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<head>
<title>CSS Test: Explicit Inheritance</title>
<link title="6.2 Inheritance" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#inheritance" rel="help"/>
<link title="8.4 Padding properties" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#padding-properties" rel="help"/>
<link title="8.5 Border properties" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#border-properties" rel="help"/>
<link rel="author" href="mailto:Alan.Harder@Sun.COM" title="Alan Harder"/>
<style type="text/css">
.a { border: 0 solid lime; }
.b { border-width: thick; border-style: inherit; border-color: inherit; }
.c { padding: 8px 0; background-color: red; }
.d { padding: inherit; background-color: lime; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="a">
This sentence should have no border.
<span class="b"> This sentence should have a green border. </span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="c"><span class="d"> This sentence should be in a green bar, with no red present. </span></span>
</p>
</body>
</html>