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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 ,,:~^*$@##
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##@$*^~:,, ~ ~  ~  ~ $  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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