* {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box;
}

:root {
    /* declare color variables */
    --color-background: rgb(40, 41, 42);
    --color-primary: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    --color-secondary: #222;;
    --color-text: #222;
    --color-accent: rgb(69, 47, 111);
    --color-accent-2: rgb(66, 117, 142);
}

body {
    background-color: var(--color-background);
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 8.5in;
    margin: 0 auto;
    border: 2px solid black;
}
/* ------------------ */
#container {
    border: 2px solid ;
    background-color: var(--color-primary);
}

#top {
    /* background-color: var(--color-primary); */
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
    width: 95%;
    margin: 50px 20px 0 50px;
}
#lside {
    /* border: 2px solid black; */
    width: 80%;  height: 30%;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}
#rside {
    padding: 45px 90px 0 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}

h1 {
    font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
    color: var(--color-accent);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 36px;    
}
p {
    font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--color-text);
    line-height: 1.4;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    padding-right: 20px;
}

#rside div.image {
    background:  url(../images/director.png);
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
    min-height: 150px;    
}

#rside div.caption strong{
    font-size: 8pt;
}
#rside div.caption {
    font-size: 8pt;
}

/* REWRITE!!! How does this flex with 2 columns? Main outer container holds the 2 columns side-by-side */
.flex-items{
    display: flex;
    width: 100%;
}

.flex-items-column {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    flex: 0 0 50%;
}

.flex-item {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0 10px 10px 0;
}

.flex-item img {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    display: block;
}
/* ============================================================= */
/* text document */

/* top */

#wrapper {
    background-color: var(--color-primary);
    height: 1100px;

}

#middle-row {
    background-color: var(--color-primary);
    height: 250px;
    display: flex;
    flex-flow: row wrap;
    margin: 0 40px 10px 200px;
    padding-top: 40px;    
}
#middle-row > h1 {
    background-color: var(--color-primary);
    width: 440px;

}
#middle-row > p {
    font-family: Mons sans-serif
}

/* bottom */
.container {
    height: 80vh;
    display: flex;
    flex-flow: row wrap;
    margin: 0 20px 0 200px; 
    font-size: 9pt;
    font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;                     
}

#left-block {            
    flex-grow: 1;
    flex-basis: 45%;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
}

#right-block {
    flex-grow: 1;
    flex-basis: 45%;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
}
aside {
    color:var(--color-accent-2);
    font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
    float: left;
    max-width: 100ch;
    padding: 5px 20px 5px 0;
    font-size: 1.3rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-left: -130px;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;                                    
}

aside p {
    font-size: 6pt;
    font-weight: bold;
}