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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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