Here is my code where I am trying to create a text line space in my HTML. It looks good visually but when it comes to text form its all bunched up together. So I took your advice as to using the <p> tags but unsure if my placement was correct.
Here take a look
<!-- content -->
<div class="content">
<table class="twelve columns mktEditable" id="center-content">
<tr>
<td style="margin:0px 0px 10px 0px;">
<p class="lead" style="text-align: center;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et.</p>
<!-- A Real Hero (and a real human being) -->
<p><img src="http://na-ab03.marketo.com/rs/the451group/images/580x195_box.jpg" alt="image"/></p><!-- /hero -->
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. </p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="button" style="width:50%; margin: 0px auto 20px auto;">
<tr>
<td style="border: 1px solid #6F1200">
<a class="mktEditable" id="button_title" href="#">Read the full press release</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- /content -->
<hr align="center" width="580px" style="background-color:#4d4f53; margin-bottom:0px;">
<!-- /content -->
<div class="content">
<table bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center" width="580px">
<tr>
<td>
<!-- Achievements -->
<table class="social">
<tr>
<td>
<div class="content">
<table class="mktEditable" id="achievements">
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
<h6 style="margin: -10px 0px 0px 25px;"><strong>Achievements</strong></h6>
<p class="" style="color:#4D4F53; margin:10px 0px 0px 25px;">
<strong>Subject Text:</strong><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
</p>
<p class="" style="color:#4D4F53; margin: 10px 0px 20px 25px;">
<strong>Subject Text:</strong><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
<a href="#">Text Link</a><br>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- Achievements -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- /content -->
<hr align="center" width="580px" style="background-color:#4d4f53; margin-top:0px;">