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.^=;=$&###              ==$  LIFE  $==              ###&$=;=^.
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.....^=;=$ = =  $ A  MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS $ = = $=;=^.....
......^=;= =   $   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   $    = =;=^......
.......^=; $     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     $ ;=^.......
........^= =   $   WHAT   WE    ARE,   AND    $   = =^........
.........^ =  =  $  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  $  =  = ^.........
.......... =   $   ARE",   BUT   THEN   WE    $   = ..........
.......... $    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    $ ..........
.......... =  $  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  $  = ..........
.......... = =  $  ENTAILS, HOW  IT SHOULD  $  =  = ..........
.......... =  $   BE   MEASURED,   WHO   OR   $   = ..........
.........^ $    WHAT    IS    THE     ARBITER,    $ ^.........
........^= =  $   AND   SO   INSTEAD   THERE  $   = =^........
.......^=; =   =   $   IS   THIS    INTERNATIONALLY ;=^.......
......^=;= SANCTIONED     LIST      $      =      = =;=^......
.....^=;=$ =  =  =  =  $  OF  CRITERIA  $  = = =  = $=;=^.....
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...^=;=$&# - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      #&$=;=^...
..^=;=$&## - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ##&$=;=^..
.^=;=$&### - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ###&$=;=^.
..^=;=$&## - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ##&$=;=^..
...^=;=$&# - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     #&$=;=^...
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