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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
<!--[if IE]>
  <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<style>
  article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup, 
  menu, nav, section { display: block; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>
    <a>First Element</a> 
    <a id="center"><strong>Fourth Element</strong></a>
    <a>Second Element</a> 
    <a>Third Element</a>  
    <a>Fifth Element</a>
  </p>
</body>
</html>
 
$(function(){
 var elWidth = $("#center").width();
 var elOffset = $("#center").offset().left;
 var wnWidth = $("body").width();
 var sibWidths = 0;
  
 $("#center").prevAll("a").each(function(){
    sibWidths = sibWidths + $(this).width();
 });
  
 alert(sibWidths); 
 
 var gutter = ((wnWidth-elWidth)/2)-sibWidths;
  
  $("body p:first").css({paddingLeft:gutter});
  
});
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