Overriding CSS within edit > design

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I have the following in my css for my sidebar:

#page #central #sidebar{ font-size:16px;padding-left:30px; padding-top:10px; font-style:oblique; float:right; width:23%; overflow:hidden ; background-image:url(images/sidebar.png) ;background-repeat:repeat-y; min-height:500px;}
#page #central #sidebar a:hover { background: url(images/star-black.png) no-repeat scroll 0 4px transparent; padding-left:14px;      /* customize_link_hover */ color: #000; /* customize_link_hover */
}


This allows for a "star" to appear next to any links in the sidebar.

I want to override this for one of the sections within the sidebar. I have tried to add the following in my css:

nostar {background:none;}
nostar.a {background:none;}


Then when in edit mode, in the section I do not want the stars to appear, I went into design > css and I tried for both the css id and css class names nostar - I tried them for both and one at a time. Neither worked.

I then put the following in the Additional CSS area:

background: none !important;


no change.

I have no idea what I am doing wrong

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