Bizarre HTML formatting by IE

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD >
<SPAN>Hody&nbsp;Doe:&nbsp;!away_we_go</SPAN>
</TD>
<TD width="100%"></TD>
</TR>
</TBODY></TABLE>



since the 3rd td is 100% it forces the 2nd td into 2 lines because it thinks this is a new sentence