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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Numeric) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
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Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Closing market values (per share) \| $ / shares	$ 179.52	$ 99.73	$ 92.17
Unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock based awards (in millions) \| $	$ 708.3
Number of years over which unrecognized compensation costs will be recognized	1 year 9 months 29 days
New Non-Employee Directors [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Non-Employee Director Aggregate Grant Value Per Award \| $	$ 0.3
Vesting percentage per year for grants to non-employee directors	100.00%
Existing Non-Employee Directors [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Non-Employee Director Aggregate Grant Value Per Award \| $	$ 0.3
Numbers of days used to calculate the aggregate value of the equity award	30 days
Vesting percentage per year for grants to non-employee directors	100.00%
2003 Plan [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
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Shares available for grant	93.6
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	0.3	0.6
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
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Restricted Stock Unit [Member] \| New Non-Employee Directors [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
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Numbers of days used to calculate the aggregate value of the equity award	30 days
Restricted Stock Unit [Member] \| Existing Non-Employee Directors [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Award vesting period	1 year
Restricted Stock Unit [Member] \| Focal Awards [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Award vesting period	3 years
Vesting percentage per year for focal restricted stock units	33.33%
Restricted Stock Unit [Member] \| Other Awards [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Award vesting period	4 years
Vesting percentage per year for restricted stock units other than focal grants	25.00%
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
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Shares available for grant	7.0
ESPP Purchase Price as Percentage of Market Price	85.00%
Offering Period	24 months
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Purchase period	6 months
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Shares Purchased, ESPP	1.9	1.9	2.1
Average purchase price of shares, ESPP (per share) \| $ / shares	$ 77.63	$ 66.13	$ 52.37
Shares Purchased Intrinsic Value, ESPP \| $	$ 97.7	$ 54.3	$ 53.9
Performance Shares [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of target shares able to receive	200.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Program 2013 [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Actual Percentage Achieved	198.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Program 2014 [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Actual Percentage Achieved	198.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Programs not yet achieved [Member]
Stock Based Compensation (Numeric) [Abstract]
Award vesting period	3 years
Vesting percentage on third year for performance awards	100.00%