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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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