\begin{minipage} [position] {width}
   text
  \end{minipage}

  The minipage environment is similar to a \parbox command.  It takes
  the same optional position argument and mandatory width argument.
  You may use other paragraph-making environments inside a minipage.

  Footnotes in a minipage environment are handled in a way that is
  particularly useful for putting footnotes in figures or tables.  A
  \footnote or \footnotetext command puts the footnote at the bottom of
  the minipage instead of at the bottom of the page, and it uses the
  mpfootnote counter instead of the ordinary footnote counter.

  NOTE:  Don't put one minipage inside another if you are using
  footnotes; they may wind up at the bottom of the wrong minipage.