: 0; padding: 0 }
   .control { display: inline; font: 1em/1 Ahem, sans-serif; background: red; color: white; }
   .test { display: block; }
   span { display: block; width: 150px; height: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; background: navy; }
   .float { float: left; background: red; color: navy; font: 25px/1 Ahem; border: solid navy 25px; }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <p>There should be two identical blocks below.</p>
  <div class="test">
   <span/>
   <div class="float">XXXX</div>
  </div>
 </body>
</html>
