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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      ##@¤$*=~-.
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.-~=*$¤@## - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ##@¤$*=~-.
.-~=*$¤@## - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ##@¤$*=~-.
.-~=*$¤@## - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ##@¤$*=~-.
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