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  <title>:first-child pseudo-class</title>
  <style type="text/css">.red { background-color : red }
.t1 td:first-child { background-color : lime }
p > *:first-child { background-color : lime }
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    <td class="red">green cell</td>
    <td>1.2</td>
    <td>1.3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="red">green cell</td>
    <td>2.2</td>
    <td>2.3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="red">green cell</td>
    <td>3.2</td>
    <td>3.3</td>
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<p>This paragraph contains some text
          <span>and a span that should have a green background</span>
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