empty <TD>s

[mountainbiker]

I am having difficulty with empty <TD>s. I try using the &#160 as in the OASIS exchange model, but I am getting a funky A. Try putting in a &nbsp; wrapped with CDATA, a <xsl:text> </xsl:text>, etc. but nothing seems to render a HTML &nbsp; on the rendering.

 

[mountainbiker]

<td><xsl:text disable-output-escaping=&quot;yes&quot;><![CDATA[ ]]></xsl:text></td>