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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 strip_head(sequence, values):
 """Strips elements of `values` from the beginning of `sequence`."""

    values = set(values)
    return list(itertools.dropwhile(lambda x: x in values, sequence))