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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    $ .~~:=$@@##
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#@=~...... ~  ~  $  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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