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HTML

<a href="#IsaacWoolley">Woolley, Isaac</a> and <span id="IsaacWoolley" class="hl">Isaac Woolley</span><br/>
<a href="#JohnSmith">Smith, John</a> and <span id="JohnSmith" class="hl">John Smith</span>

CSS

.hl:target { background-color: #F99; }