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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011


	2011			2010			2009
Current:
Federal	$	135,232		$	138,221		$	94,984
State		12,177			6,919			5,201
Foreign		5,776			4,486			1,395

		153,185			149,626			101,580
Deferred:
Federal		104,723			(18,428	)		(10,665	)
State		(12,201	)		(1,361	)		22,690
Foreign		(1,121	)		963			(5,586	)

		91,401			(18,826	)		6,439

Total	$	244,586		$	130,800		$	108,019

Components Of Income Before Taxes


	2011		2010		2009
Domestic	$	782,896	$	377,416	$	185,435
Foreign		9,768		13,053		(6,775	)

	$	792,664	$	390,469	$	178,660

Provision For Income Tax Rate To Statutory Rate Reconciliation


	2011			2010			2009
Provision at statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State taxes, net of federal benefit		1.6			1.0			2.7
Domestic manufacturing deduction		(1.8	)		(3.2	)		—
Research and development credit		(0.6	)		(1.0	)		(1.7	)
Unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties		(1.1	)		(0.2	)		2.3
Valuation allowance adjustments		(2.0	)		0.7			12.4
Goodwill impairment		—			—			5.6
Medicare Part D		—			3.4			—
Tax audit settlements		(1.1	)		(0.4	)		3.6
Investments in low-income housing partnerships		—			0.6			2.6
Adjustments for previously accrued taxes		0.3			(2.8	)		0.5
Other		0.6			0.4			(2.5	)

Provision for income taxes		30.9	%		33.5	%		60.5	%

Principal Components Of The Company's Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities


	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Accruals not yet tax deductible	$	123,514		$	122,211
Pension and postretirement benefit plan obligations		219,071			201,206
Stock compensation		32,486			29,156
Net operating loss carryforward		28,914			27,048
Valuation allowance		(14,914	)		(27,048	)
Other, net		49,253			58,278

		438,324			410,851
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation, tax in excess of book		(77,787	)		(34,841	)
Other		(25,767	)		(15,610	)

		(103,554	)		(50,451	)

Total	$	334,770		$	360,400

Changes In Gross Liability For Unrecognized Tax Benefits Excluding Interest And Penalties


	2011			2010
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period	$	69,805		$	77,846
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits for tax positions taken in a prior period		13,745			5,927
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for tax positions taken in a prior period		(21,574	)		(10,223	)
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits for tax positions taken in the current period		3,036			4,448
Statute lapses		(2,249	)		(647	)
Settlements with taxing authorities		(5,626	)		(7,546	)

Unrecognized tax benefits, end of period	$	57,137		$	69,805

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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