The following uses absolute positioning for the stuff on the left. Inspired by http://bytes.com/forum/thread98931.html

This is on the left   This is on the right

The follow is is not as symmetrical as the preceding, but avoids the annoying nbsp:

This is on the left This is on the right

Also check out Left and Right alignment using CSS - Spartanicus's Web Tips

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