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Stock Repurchase Program - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Sep. 28, 2014
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Oct. 09, 2014
Apr. 29, 2014
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Net shares of settlements to cover tax withholding obligations     409,418us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation      
Amount paid for shares under net share settlements     $ 31,300,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation      
Treasury stock purchases     373,958,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock 152,195,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock    
Total Number of Shares Repurchased 869,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 3,818,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired        
Treasury stock purchases, weighted average share price $ 77.31us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare [1] $ 70.01us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare [1]        
Treasury stock, at cost 250,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis   250,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis      
Repurchase Of Equity | Maximum            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Authorized repurchase of Company common stock           850,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Share Repurchase Program Final Settlement            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Treasury stock purchases   $ 250,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
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Total Number of Shares Repurchased         300,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Treasury stock purchases, weighted average share price         $ 72.90us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Share Repurchase Program Final Settlement | Initial delivery            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Total Number of Shares Repurchased   3,200,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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[1] Average price paid per share excludes accelerated share repurchases for which cost was incurred during the September 2014 quarter, but that did not settle until the December 2014 quarter. See Collared Accelerated Share Repurchase section below for details regarding average price associated with these transactions.