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HTML

<div class="rgContainer fat100">

    <div class="rgRow">
        <div class="rgCol boxCol box6" style="background-color:pink">
            
            <div>
                BOX1
            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="rgCol boxCol box6" style="background-color:lightgray">
            <div class="bc">

                <div class="bbl">
                    <div class="lbl">
                        a lot more text than in the other blob. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
                    </div>
                </div>

            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="rgCol boxCol box6" style="background-color:maroon">
            <div class="bc">
            
                <div class="bbl">
                    <div class="lbl">One liner</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        
        </div>

        <div class="rgCol boxCol box6" style="background-color:yellow">
            
            <div>
                BOX4
            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

CSS

.rgRow {
         width:100%;
}

.rgCol { display: block;
         float:left;
         margin-left: 0%; 
}

.boxCol { display: block;
          float:left;
          margin-left: 0%; 
          height:0px;
          overflow:hidden;
}

.box6  { width:    25.0000%    ; padding-bottom:    25.0000%    ; }    
.bc  {
    position:relative;
}
.bbl {
    overflow:hidden;
    width: 40%; /* these two 40% make it square */
    padding-bottom: 40%;

    /* positioning */
    position: absolute;
    left: 20px;
    top: 20px;

    /* other */
    background-color: blanchedalmond;
}
.bbl:first-child { margin-left: 0; } /* boxCol - all browsers except IE6 and lower */
.bbl .lbl {
    position:absolute; 
    width:100%;
    padding-top:20%; 
    text-align:center;
}