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#.#.#....# = = § A MULTITUDE  OF DEFINITIONS § =  = .##.###..#
.#####...# =   §   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   §    = .#.##..#.#
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...#...### =  = § ENTAILS,  HOW  IT  SHOULD  §  = = #.#..#....
...##..#.. =   §   BE   MEASURED,  WHO   OR   §   = .###.##...
...#.#.##. §     WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,    § ##..##.#..
...#####.# =   §   AND  SO  INSTEAD   THERE   §   = #.#.#.###.
...#....## =   =   §    IS   THIS   INTERNATIONALLY #######..#
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#......### - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      .###...##.
##.....#.. - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  .#..#..#.#
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