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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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