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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p > i:first-child
{
color:blue;
} 
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p>I am a <i>strong</i> man. I am a <i>strong</i> man.</p>
<p>I am a <i>strong</i> man. I am a <i>strong</i> man.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> For :first-child to work in IE, a DOCTYPE must be declared.</p>
</body>
</html>

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