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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Income Taxes
(5)           Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2012 was 34.7 percent, compared with 34.2 percent for the first quarter of 2011. The increase in the effective tax rate for the 2012 period is primarily a result of the absence of tax incentives for research and development expenditures in the 2012 period and an increase in state income taxes.