Use the em Tag to Italicize Text

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      <h4>Google</h4>
      <p><em>...they were <u>Ph.D. students</u> at <strong>Stanford University</strong>.</em></p>
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      <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/..." target="_blank" class="links">Larry Page</a><br><br>
      <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/..." target="_blank" class="links">Sergey Brin</a>
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