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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 load_reader_options():
 """ Retrieve Pandoc Reader options from the environment """

    options = os.environ['PANDOC_READER_OPTIONS']
    options = json.loads(options, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
    return options