body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
#top {
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #ccc;
  height: 100px;
}
#left {
  position: absolute;
  padding: 20px;
  left: 10px;
  top: 170px;
  width: 75%; float:left; font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt 
}
#right {
  position: absolute;
  padding: 10px;
  right: 10px;
  top: 170px;
  background: #ccc;
  width: 15%; 
}

/* Removes default top margin from left/right column paragraphs in Mozilla */
div > p {
  margin-top: 0;
}