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  .about-page .about-continuity { padding-block:95px 48px; }
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  .about-page .about-roles h3 { font-size:17px; margin-top:7px; }
  .about-page .about-roles p { font-size:12px; margin-top:10px; }
  .about-page .about-roles-link { height:32px; transform:rotate(90deg); font-size:21px; }
  .about-page .about-continuity-list { margin-top:28px; }
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  .about-page .about-continuity-list h3 { font-size:17px; }
  .about-page .about-continuity-list p { font-size:13px; }
  .about-page .about-continuity-note { font-size:11px; }
  .about-page .about-practice { padding:22px; gap:24px; border-radius:0; margin-top:0; }
  .about-page .about-practice-copy .eyebrow { gap:8px; }
  .about-page .about-practice-copy .eyebrow-jp { width:100%; border-left:0; padding-left:0; }
  .about-page .about-practice h2 { font-size:24px; }
  .about-page .about-practice .text-link { font-size:12px; gap:13px; }
  .about-page .about-team { padding-block:56px 37px; }
  .about-page .about-team>h2 { font-size:27px; }
  .about-page .about-team-intro { font-size:13px; margin:20px 0 28px; }
  .about-page .team-grid { gap:29px; }
  .about-page .company-info { margin-top:31px; }
  .about-page .about-operator { align-items:flex-start; flex-direction:column; gap:21px; padding:23px; }
  .about-page .about-operator-copy>strong { font-size:21px; }
  .about-page .about-sources { padding-block:25px 26px; }
}
@media(max-width:360px) {
  .about-page .about-intro h1 { font-size:26px; }
  .about-page .about-model { padding-inline:13px; }
  .about-page .about-model-lesson { grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 59px minmax(0,1fr); }
  .about-page .about-model figcaption { font-size:20px; }
  .about-page .about-model-support>div { font-size:11px; gap:7px; }
  .about-page .about-index a { gap:6px; font-size:10px; padding-inline:9px; }
  .about-page .about-index a:nth-child(odd) { padding-left:0; }
  .about-page .about-section-heading h2 { font-size:22px; }
  .about-page .about-team>h2 { font-size:24px; }
  .about-page .about-choice-grid h3 { font-size:18px; }
  .about-page .about-practice { padding:19px; }
  .about-page .about-practice h2 { font-size:22px; }
  .about-page .about-practice .text-link { font-size:11px; gap:9px; }
}

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.about-page .about-model {border-radius:0;background:#fff;padding:30px 0}
.about-page .about-population {border-radius:0;padding:25px 28px}
.about-page .about-choice-grid {display:block;border-top:1px solid var(--about-rule)}
.about-page .about-choice-grid article {display:grid;grid-template-columns:155px minmax(0,.8fr) minmax(0,1.2fr);gap:32px;padding:27px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--about-rule);border-top:0}
.about-page .about-choice-grid h3 {margin:0;font-size:20px;line-height:1.7}
.about-page .about-choice-grid h3 br {display:none}
.about-page .about-choice-grid p {margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:2}
.about-page .about-choice-grid .about-choice-tag {font-size:13px;line-height:1.8;color:var(--about-body);font-weight:500}
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/* A quiet, chronological account of NextStep's beginnings. */
.about-page .about-history {
  --history-rule:#c8dce4;
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:290px minmax(0,1fr);
  align-items:start;
  column-gap:76px;
  row-gap:34px;
  padding-block:94px 48px;
}
.about-page .about-history-intro { min-width:0; }
.about-page .about-history-label {
  color:var(--blue);
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:600;
  letter-spacing:.035em;
  margin-bottom:19px;
}
.about-page .about-history h2 {
  font-family:var(--sans);
  font-size:31px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:1.65;
  letter-spacing:.015em;
  text-wrap:balance;
}
.about-page .about-history-intro>p:not(.about-history-label) {
  margin-top:24px;
  color:var(--about-body);
  font-size:14px;
  line-height:2;
}
.about-page .about-history-background { border-top:1px solid var(--history-rule); margin-top:28px; padding-top:24px; }
.about-page .about-history-background h3 { font:600 18px/1.8 var(--sans); }
.about-page .about-history-background p { margin-top:14px; color:var(--about-body); font-size:14px; line-height:2; }
.about-page .about-history-entry p>a { font-size:11px; white-space:nowrap; color:var(--blue); text-decoration:underline; text-underline-offset:3px; }
.about-page .about-history-timeline {
  position:relative;
  list-style:none;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  min-width:0;
}
.about-page .about-history-timeline:before {
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  left:124px;
  top:18px;
  bottom:23px;
  width:1px;
  background:var(--history-rule);
}
.about-page .about-history-timeline>li {
  position:relative;
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:112px minmax(0,1fr);
  gap:25px;
  padding-bottom:29px;
  min-width:0;
}
.about-page .about-history-timeline>li:before {
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  left:120px;
  top:14px;
  width:9px;
  height:9px;
  border:2px solid #87adbe;
  border-radius:50%;
  background:#fff;
}
.about-page .about-history-timeline>li:last-child { padding-bottom:0; }
.about-page .about-history-timeline>li:last-child:after {
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  left:123px;
  top:24px;
  bottom:0;
  width:3px;
  background:#fff;
}
.about-page .about-history-date {
  min-width:0;
  padding-top:6px;
  color:var(--blue);
  font-family:var(--sans);
  font-size:14px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:1.85;
  font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;
  overflow-wrap:anywhere;
}
.about-page .about-history-date :is(time,span) { display:block; }
.about-page .about-history-entry {
  min-width:0;
  padding:3px 20px 6px;
}
.about-page .about-history-entry h3 {
  color:var(--ink);
  font-family:var(--sans);
  font-size:18px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:1.8;
  letter-spacing:.01em;
}
.about-page .about-history-entry p {
  margin-top:12px;
  color:var(--about-body);
  font-size:14px;
  line-height:2;
  overflow-wrap:anywhere;
}
.about-page .about-history-timeline>.about-history-turning:before {
  background:var(--blue);
  border-color:var(--blue);
}
.about-page .about-history-turning .about-history-entry {
  background:#edf5f8;
  padding-block:20px 22px;
  border-radius:3px;
}
.about-page .about-history-turning .about-history-date { padding-top:23px; }
.about-page .about-history-timeline>.about-history-turning:before { top:31px; }
.about-page .about-history-link {
  display:inline-flex;
  align-items:center;
  gap:10px;
  max-width:100%;
  margin-top:14px;
  padding-block:3px;
  color:var(--blue);
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:1.85;
  text-decoration:underline;
  text-decoration-thickness:1px;
  text-underline-offset:5px;
}
.about-page .about-history-link:hover { text-decoration-thickness:2px; }
.about-page .about-history-now {
  grid-column:2;
  margin-left:137px;
  padding:24px 20px 0;
  border-top:1px solid var(--history-rule);
}
.about-page .about-history-now>p {
  font-size:15px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:2;
}
.about-page .about-history-now .text-link {
  margin-top:15px;
  font-size:13px;
}
@media(max-width:1160px) {
  .about-page .about-history { grid-template-columns:250px minmax(0,1fr); column-gap:42px; }
  .about-page .about-history h2 { font-size:28px; }
  .about-page .about-history-entry { padding-inline:17px; }
  .about-page .about-history-now { padding-inline:17px; }
}
@media(max-width:900px) {
  .about-page .about-history { grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); row-gap:34px; padding-top:72px; }
  .about-page .about-history-intro { max-width:640px; }
  .about-page .about-history h2 { font-size:30px; }
  .about-page .about-history-intro>p:not(.about-history-label) { max-width:40em; margin-top:20px; }
  .about-page .about-history-now { grid-column:1; }
}
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .about-page .about-history { padding-block:58px 34px; row-gap:28px; }
  .about-page .about-history-label { font-size:12px; margin-bottom:14px; }
  .about-page .about-history h2 { font-size:27px; line-height:1.7; letter-spacing:0; }
  .about-page .about-history-intro>p:not(.about-history-label) { margin-top:18px; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline:before { left:4px; top:13px; bottom:23px; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline>li { grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr); gap:8px; padding:0 0 29px 26px; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline>li:before { left:0; top:9px; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline>li:last-child:after { left:3px; top:18px; }
  .about-page .about-history-date { padding-top:0; line-height:1.8; }
  .about-page .about-history-date :is(time,span) { display:inline; }
  .about-page .about-history-date :is(time,span)+span { margin-left:.3em; }
  .about-page .about-history-entry { padding:0; }
  .about-page .about-history-entry h3 { font-size:17px; }
  .about-page .about-history-entry p { margin-top:10px; }
  .about-page .about-history-turning .about-history-entry { padding:18px 17px; }
  .about-page .about-history-turning .about-history-date { padding-top:0; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline>.about-history-turning:before { top:9px; }
  .about-page .about-history-now { margin-left:26px; padding:21px 0 0; }
  .about-page .about-history-now>p { font-size:14px; }
}
@media(max-width:360px) {
  .about-page .about-history h2 { font-size:24px; }
  .about-page .about-history-timeline>li { padding-left:22px; }
  .about-page .about-history-turning .about-history-entry { padding-inline:14px; }
  .about-page .about-history-now { margin-left:22px; }
}

/* User-selected CTA: blue face, white frame, a shallow raised edge, and Lucide chevron. */
.cta-button,
.button.cta-button,
.hero-cta.cta-button,
.contact-band .button.cta-button {
  --cta-blue: #0879b4;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 22px;
  width: 360px;
  max-width: 100%;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 82px;
  padding: 18px 22px;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 15px;
  background: var(--cta-blue);
  color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 0 #bcc7cd, 0 10px 20px rgba(24,40,67,.13);
  font: 700 20px/1.5 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: 0;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .18s, transform .18s, box-shadow .18s;
}
.cta-label { flex: 1; min-width: 0; text-align: center; }
.cta-topic,.cta-action { display: inline-block; }
.cta-action { font-size: .9em; font-weight: 600; }
.cta-icon { display: grid; place-items: center; flex: 0 0 38px; width: 38px; height: 38px; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; color: var(--cta-blue); }
.cta-icon .ui-icon { width: 22px; height: 22px; stroke-width: 3; }
.cta-button:hover,
.button.cta-button:hover,
.hero-cta.cta-button:hover,
.contact-band .button.cta-button:hover { background: #086b9f; border-color: #fff; color: #fff; transform: translateY(-1px); box-shadow: 0 7px 0 #bcc7cd, 0 12px 22px rgba(24,40,67,.15); }
.cta-button:active,
.button.cta-button:active,
.hero-cta.cta-button:active,
.contact-band .button.cta-button:active { transform: translateY(4px); box-shadow: 0 2px 0 #bcc7cd, 0 4px 10px rgba(24,40,67,.1); }
.cta-button:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid #0879b4; outline-offset: 6px; }
.header-contact.cta-button-compact { width: auto; min-height: 50px; padding: 9px 14px; gap: 12px; border-width: 2px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 14px; box-shadow: 0 3px 0 #bcc7cd, 0 5px 10px rgba(24,40,67,.1); }
.cta-button-compact .cta-icon { flex-basis: 25px; width: 25px; height: 25px; }
.cta-button-compact .cta-icon .ui-icon { width: 17px; height: 17px; }
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .cta-button,.button.cta-button,.hero-cta.cta-button,.contact-band .button.cta-button { width: 100%; min-height: 70px; padding: 15px 16px; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 13px; }
  .cta-icon { flex-basis: 32px; width: 32px; height: 32px; }
  .cta-icon .ui-icon { width: 20px; height: 20px; }
  .header-contact.cta-button-compact { display: none; }
}
@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  .cta-button { transition: none; }
  .cta-button:hover,.cta-button:active,.button.cta-button:hover,.button.cta-button:active,.hero-cta.cta-button:hover,.hero-cta.cta-button:active,.contact-band .button.cta-button:hover,.contact-band .button.cta-button:active { transform: none; }
}

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