Add synch method wrapper to help with IE timeouts.

https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/57855612

Rendering grids with a number of entries > 150 causes a long running script timeout in IE8.
Solution: Wrap some methods in setTimeouts() to split the timeout measurement.


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__UI/UX__
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- [x] works on IE8

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