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Align text in a table

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Page title</title>
    <style>
      table, td, th {
        border: 1px solid black; 
        border-collapse: collapse;
      }
      table { width: 70% }
      td { text-align: right; }
      th { height: 50px; }
      .test1 { vertical-align: top; }
      .test2 { vertical-align: bottom; }
    </style>
  </head>
 
  <body>
    <table>
      <tr><th class="test1">Name</th><th class="test2">Surname</th></tr>
      <tr><td>Homer</td><td>Simpson</td></tr>
      <tr><td>Marge</td><td>Simpson</td></tr>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

Result:

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