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parallel | Vertically aligned enumerated List Items

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I am trying to vertically align (synchronize) the list items in each column.

Item 1 in both columns look OK, because that's the start of the list, however item 2 and item 3 are not vertically aligned.

Any tip or advice on how I can achieve the effect? Here's a minimal working example of how it looks now:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{parallel}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlength\voffset{-1in}
\setlength\hoffset{-1in}
\setlength\topmargin{0.7992in}
\setlength\textwidth{6.6688995in}
\setlength\headsep{0cm}

\begin{document}


\begin{Parallel}[c]{}{}
\ParallelLText{ % left column

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=15pt,rightmargin=245pt]
\item{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent at velit sed
risus facilisis ultricies ac sed est. Morbi facilisis nisi rhoncus eros accumsan
sollicitudin.}
\item{Sed sodales ligula nisl, et varius dui. Mauris mollis nisl ac sem
mattis eu tristique orci venenatis. Pellentesque pharetra eros quis enim
vestibulum vehicula. Vestibulum vel enim magna, non eleifend nibh. Mauris
ornare, ipsum id rutrum eleifend, leo odio ornare neque, nec egestas ligula orci
et magna.}
\item{Suspendisse magna augue, tincidunt eu pretium eu, dictum sed ante.
Nullam ligula libero, imperdiet ac pulvinar eu, condimentum vitae ligula. In hac
habitasse platea dictumst.}
\end{enumerate}

}%end of left column
\ParallelRText{% right column

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=260pt]
\item{Mauris placerat eros vitae nunc faucibus nec vestibulum libero congue. Cras id
purus purus.}
\item{Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et
malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus at dui odio, in porttitor lorem.
Maecenas vel felis elit.}
\item{Nullam tincidunt aliquet lectus, ac tempor augue luctus
non. Nullam faucibus molestie quam, nec sagittis leo lobortis id. Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam porttitor molestie dapibus.
Nunc ultrices sodales bibendum. Etiam neque magna, varius ac blandit sit amet,
commodo a mauris. Etiam vitae tortor arcu, sed pharetra felis. Cras fermentum
aliquet lectus vel laoreet.}
\end{enumerate}

}%end of right collumn
\end{Parallel}

\end{document}
And here is a "not so great" way of fixing it. This is the effect I want to achieve, however, without abusing the \hspace{5mm} blocks.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{parallel}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlength\voffset{-1in}
\setlength\hoffset{-1in}
\setlength\topmargin{0.7992in}
\setlength\textwidth{6.6688995in}
\setlength\headsep{0cm}

\begin{document}


\begin{Parallel}[c]{}{}
\ParallelLText{ % left column

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=15pt,rightmargin=245pt]
\item{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent at velit sed
risus facilisis ultricies ac sed est. Morbi facilisis nisi rhoncus eros accumsan
sollicitudin.}
\item{Sed sodales ligula nisl, et varius dui. Mauris mollis nisl ac sem
mattis eu tristique orci venenatis. Pellentesque pharetra eros quis enim
vestibulum vehicula. Vestibulum vel enim magna, non eleifend nibh. Mauris
ornare, ipsum id rutrum eleifend, leo odio ornare neque, nec egestas ligula orci
et magna.}
\item{Suspendisse magna augue, tincidunt eu pretium eu, dictum sed ante.
Nullam ligula libero, imperdiet ac pulvinar eu, condimentum vitae ligula. In hac
habitasse platea dictumst.}
\end{enumerate}

}%end of left column
\ParallelRText{% right column

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=260pt]
\item{Mauris placerat eros vitae nunc faucibus nec vestibulum libero congue. Cras id
purus purus.}

\hspace{5mm}

\hspace{5mm}

\item{Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et
malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus at dui odio, in porttitor lorem.
Maecenas vel felis elit.}

\hspace{5mm}

\hspace{5mm}

\item{Nullam tincidunt aliquet lectus, ac tempor augue luctus
non. Nullam faucibus molestie quam, nec sagittis leo lobortis id. Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam porttitor molestie dapibus.
Nunc ultrices sodales bibendum. Etiam neque magna, varius ac blandit sit amet,
commodo a mauris. Etiam vitae tortor arcu, sed pharetra felis. Cras fermentum
aliquet lectus vel laoreet.}
\end{enumerate}

}%end of right collumn
\end{Parallel}

\end{document}
Many thanks

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