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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-3-9 on page I-454 in "widetable --- An alternative to \protect \nxLenv  {tabular*}".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{348.0pt}

  \setlength\parindent{0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{array}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}
                    *{2}{|>{\small\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{32mm}}|c|}
\hline\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{The p-columns} &
                                Centered column         \\\hline\hline
The Two Gentlemen of Verona   & The Taming of the Shrew       &
                                The Comedy of Errors          \\\hline
Love's Labour's Lost          & A Midsummer Night's Dream     &
                                The Merchant of Venice        \\\hline
The Merry Wives of Windsor    & Much Ado About Nothing        &
                                As You Like It                \\\hline
Twelfth Night                 & Troilus and Cressida          &
\empty
\ldots
%Measure for Measure           \\\hline
%All's Well That Ends Well     &
%Pericles, Prince of Tyre      &
%The Winter's Tale             \\\hline
%Cymbeline                     &
%The Tempest                   & \\\hline
\end{tabular*}
\end{document}