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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 clear(self):
 """ removes all items from this manifest, and clears and removes all sub-sections """


        for sub in self.sub_sections.values():
            sub.clear()
        self.sub_sections.clear()

        ManifestSection.clear(self)