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/* Foreground the personal statement and balance the smaller portrait. */
.hero-tagline{font-size:23px;font-style:italic;white-space:normal}
@media(min-width:851px){
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  .portrait{grid-row:2}
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/* Local-deployment refinements: consistent figures, full authors, unified statements. */
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.paper-visual,.paper-visual.original-figure{width:200px;height:112.5px;padding:0;justify-self:center}
.paper-visual img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain}
.authors{grid-column:1/-1;font-size:13px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:5px}
.authors strong{font-weight:700}
.paper-links{grid-column:1/-1;justify-content:flex-end}
@media(max-width:850px) and (min-width:621px){
  .paper{grid-template-columns:200px minmax(0,1fr)}
}
@media(max-width:620px){
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  .hero-tagline{grid-row:2}
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}

/* Publication labels sit on the image edge without changing thumbnail dimensions. */
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  position:absolute;
  z-index:1;
  top:-9px;
  left:0;
  padding:3px 8px;
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  background:#715881;
  color:#fff;
  font:600 10px/1.3 system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',sans-serif;
  letter-spacing:.15px;
  white-space:nowrap;
  pointer-events:none;
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/* Quieter heading hierarchy and seamless paper-colored illustration backgrounds. */
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.section-heading h2{font-size:40px}
.paper-visual img{
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}
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  .section-heading h2{font-size:29px}
}