| <HTML> <BODY> |
| |
| <p><b>original page, stripped down to the problem table (pattern: auto |
| width table with first row has specified width and colspan=2, second |
| row has two specified width columns)</b></p> |
| |
| <TABLE BORDER="1"> |
| <TR> |
| <TD WIDTH=490 COLSPAN=2 VALIGN=TOP> |
| Cons For Pokemon "They're Pokemon card sharks out there. This is |
| worse than the Cabbage Patch Kid craze because now it's the kids who |
| are actually fighting each other instead of just the parents." |
| -- Children are doing anything, including breaking the law, to get |
| their grubby hands on some trading cards, observe police. |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| |
| <TR> |
| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=268> ASDF </TD> |
| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=222> |
| Sat., Dec 11, 1999 |
| Gay Union Kibosh Hawaii Supreme Court slams the |
| door on same-sex marriages. All eyes look to Vermont. |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| |
| <br> |
| <p><b>same table, but less content (text) in the first cell ...</b></p> |
| |
| <TABLE BORDER="1"> |
| <TR> |
| <TD WIDTH=490 COLSPAN=2 VALIGN=TOP> |
| Cons For Pokemon "They're Pokemon card sharks out there. This is |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| |
| <TR> |
| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=268> ASDF </TD> |
| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=222> |
| Sat., Dec 11, 1999 |
| Gay Union Kibosh Hawaii Supreme Court slams the |
| door on same-sex marriages. All eyes look to Vermont. |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| |
| </BODY> |
| </HTML> |
