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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 read(url, **kwargs):
 """ Read the contents of a URL into memory, return """

    response = open_url(url, **kwargs)
    try:
        return response.read()
    finally:
        response.close()