To serve my own nefarious purposes, I have added the custom vB code tag "float". It permits you to... well... float a section of text to the left or right of it's container, with the HTML < span style="float: {option}" >{param}< /span > Companion to the "float" tag is the "drop" flag. This drops the text which follows it to the space immediately below any floating elements, by inserting the HTML code < br clear="{param}" >. Param can be one of "left", "right", or "all" and will drop you below any floating elements on the indicated side(s). An example follows:

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[ float=right ]this is some text
floating on the right
side of the page[ /float ][ float=left ]this
text
is
on
the
left
side
of
the
page[ /float ][ center ]this is in the center[ /center ][ drop ]right[ /drop ]and this falls just below the floating text on the right[ float=right ]also on the right[ /float ][ drop ]all[ /drop ][ center ]and this falls below all the rest[ /center ][ /code ]

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[float=right]this is some text
floating on the right
side of the page[/float][float=left]this
text
is
on
the
left
side
of
the
page[/float]
this is in the center
[drop]right[/drop]and this falls just below the floating text on the right[float=right]also on the right[/float][drop]all[/drop]
and this falls below all the rest