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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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