"There was significant shrinkage."

(from Seinfeld)

Please check out this page in Internet Explorere only, watching those right side boxes. Now check out this new test page in Internet Explorer, watching those right side boxes.

I've done absolutely nothing to the right side boxes or any of their containers. The only thing I did is use a "tool tip" display script to re write the introduction paragraph in the top-center. So what happened to my seemingly unrelated boxes on the right side, where the tops of the boxes no longer align with the bottom of the boxes?