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Share repurchase program percentage of shares repurchased.

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Amount of cash receipt from (payment to) bank; or stock received from (issuance to) bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Earnings Per Share and Shareholders' Equity Transactions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 30, 2018
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from calculation of earnings per share			0.2	0.3
Amount paid by company	$ 250,000,000
Initial delivery of shares of common stock received	1.8
Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased under repurchase agreement, percentage	80.00%
Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement [Member] \| Scenario Forecast[Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Shares repurchased under repurchase agreement, percentage		20.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Repurchases common stock, authorized					$ 600,000,000