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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 _print_verbose(*args):
 """Print diagnostic message."""

        try:
            return '{0} {1} ({2})'.format(args[0], args[1], ctime())
        except IndexError:
            return '{0} ({1})'.format(args[0], ctime())