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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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