Help quick please?!

Hi folks,

I just prematurely announced a site and found an entire column is not showing in IE. It validates for xhtml & css & IE browser check. God, I hate IE.

Any clue why "left" & "leftbottom" wouldn't show in IE? Page is at http://malcs.net/website.htm and relevant css is below.....

Help, please!
s.
Not a newbie, but a survivor of the great site upgrade of 2006

#introbox {
	float: right;
	margin: 20px 50px 20px 200px;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#left {
	margin: 30px 5px 0 20px;
	font: italic 14px/20px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	width: 160px;
	position: absolute;
	clear: left;
}

#leftbottom {
	margin: 220px 5px 0 20px;
	font: italic 14px/20px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	width: 160px;
	position: absolute;
	border: 1px dashed gray;
	clear: left;
}

#left p {font: italic 14px/22px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0;
}

#content {
	clear: both;
}