But much of the information gleaned from the "code of life" is meaningless unless there is something with which it can be compared.

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It is the Islamic code embodying the way of life for Muslims and is intended to serve as the civic law in Muslim countries.

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How does this fit into the code and all of life that is about to come in front of us?

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So I can be confident that knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 will continue to have some value somewhere for the rest of my life.

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Young -- editor of a local history group -- remains confident, going on to say that "It's not complex" and that much of the message relies on acronyms that became prevalent in WWI due to the short battery life of morse code systems.

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The famous "molecule of life", which carries our genetic code, is more familiar to us as a double helix.

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All the rows, all the ethical problems and all the money spent in pursuing the human code for life will have been well worth it if it fulfils even some of its medical promise.

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Testing began in January, and by April 30, 000 gamers were playing free of charge, so Cryptic could work out code bugs and make life easier for the fans.

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In that sense, the enemy when it comes to an incomprehensible tax code is us, due to the people we put in power and our desire to have some of our life choices subsidized.

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