CSS Brackets or Broken Border

[yashrg]

I am trying to create these vertical bar/divider/brackets around my text/paragraph/content. http://cl.ly/Fsla
Is there a way I can do this using CSS with borders or something?
Thanks for your time. :)

[joshuanhibbert]

I would also use pseudo-elements, but I would try to avoid using explicit pixel lengths where possible: http://jsfiddle.net/joshnh/Pp4Xk/

[yashrg]

Thanks so much for the help guys. And I have no problem in getting it to work on a paragraph. Actually in isolation, it works perfectly. But I want to use it around the resume section on this page http://dl.dropbox.com/u/349432/Career%20Fair%202012/index5.html
And I am having no success.
Could someone suggest something or point out what I am doing wrong?

[yashrg]

If I add the pseudo elements to the resume div, the borders end up way further on the left and right than the cotent. http://cl.ly/Fta2

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