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I have found the \placefigure command to be somewhat unpredictable. 
I am doing book reviews on 11 x8.5 format (i.e. landscape), double column.
At the head of each review on the left side of the column I have some short
lines ended with \hfil\break. On the right side I have a thumbnail of the 
book, typically 1.5in x 2in.  

If I use \placefigure the picture ends up in the middle and the short lines 
fall under it. If however I do something like:
-----------------------------------
\subsubsection{Get Published!}
\rightline{\pdfimage{sansaveria.png}}
\vglue -2in
Penny C. Sansavieri\bk
1stBooks Library October 2001\bk
Paperback 6 x 9 165pp. indexed \$15.54\bk

P.O. Box 421156\bk
San Diego, CA 92142\bk
penny@booksbypen.com\bk
www.booksbypen.com\bk
858-560-0121\bk
ISBN 0-75963-824-1
------------------------------
Then it works. (\bk is a macro for \hfil \break).

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