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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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