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HTML

<div id="parent">
    <div class="innerdiv">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum</div>
</div>

CSS

#parent {
    text-align:center;
    background:red;
}
.innerdiv {
    display:inline-block;
    *display:inline /* IE */
    *zoom:1;/* IE */
    text-align:left;
    background:green;
}