Jim added the comment:

Maybe, "... all combinations of its values are stripped from the beginning and 
end."

It is rather difficult to be both clear AND concise. Heck, I'm having trouble 
just trying to explain it.

Mark, that part is clear, but I think somehow reiterating how the method works 
would be helpful to someone who is only familiar with a handful of the string 
methods, knows strip() removes characters, sees that several characters can be 
specified, and assumes that all such characters will be removed.

As it is, it's sort of like a puzzle that's glaringly obvious once you figure 
it out, but frustrating in proportion to the amount of time spent figuring. 
Almost more trouble to figure out how to explain it without turning it into a 
tutorial than it is to sort it out on your own at the console.

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