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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def status(server, output, verbose):
 """Connect to an entity matching server and check the service status. Use "-" to output status to stdout. """

    if verbose:
        log("Connecting to Entity Matching Server: {}".format(server))

    service_status = server_get_status(server)
    if verbose:
        log("Status: {}".format(service_status['status']))
    print(json.dumps(service_status), file=output)