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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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