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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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