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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 _drop(self, tree):
 """ Run a DROP statement """

        tablename = tree.table
        kwargs = {}
        try:
            ret = self.connection.delete_table(tablename, **kwargs)
        except DynamoDBError as e:
            if e.kwargs["Code"] == "ResourceNotFoundException" and tree.exists:
                return False
            raise
        return True