Address Book Windows Moves

I like to run all of my applications such that the windows space is maximized. In Address Book, I move the upper left corner of the app to the upper left corner of the desktop. Then, I drag the lower right corner of the app into the far lower right corner of the desktop.
Unfortunately, with each successful quit and re-launch of the program, the top of the Address Book app window migrates down a few pixels. If I do this over and over, I get a significantly smaller window that is just more of an annoyance than anything. I have tested this out with display Macs in the Apple Store and Address Book behaves the same way. Does anyone know if this is fixable?

Snow Leopard fixed this.

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