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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 search_associations(**kwargs):
 """ Fetch a set of association objects based on a query. """

    logging.info("CREATING_GOLR_QUERY {}".format(kwargs))
    q = GolrAssociationQuery(**kwargs)
    return q.exec()