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<dd><p>Creates a DOM element of the given type.  If <cite>attributes</cite> is
non-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null</span></tt>, it is an object that contains <cite>key:value</cite> pairs of
attributes to set for the newly created element.  If <cite>contents</cite> is
non-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null</span></tt>, it is an <a clas