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Debt Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of long-term debt, including the current portion | A summary of long-term debt, including the current portion, follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014
5.45% debentures due 2015 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 300 |
4.65% notes due 2015 | — |  |  | 100 |
0.95% senior notes due 2015 | — |  |  | 600 |
2.375% debentures due 2016 | 240 |  |  | 240 |
5.30% notes due 2017 ($150 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 250 |  |  | 250 |
6.10% debentures due 2017 | 289 |  |  | 289 |
1.50% senior notes due 2017 ($750 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 1,000 |  |  | 1,000 |
5.60% notes due 2018 ($415 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 450 |  |  | 450 |
4.215% Japanese Yen notes due 2018 | 83 |  |  | 84 |
6.95% notes due 2019 ($300 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 300 |  |  | 300 |
3.875% debentures due 2020 ($150 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 239 |  |  | 239 |
3.47% notes due 2021 ($275 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 300 |  |  | 300 |
8.10% debentures due 2022 | 100 |  |  | 100 |
2.75% senior notes due 2022 ($1,350 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 1,600 |  |  | 1,600 |
3.68% notes due 2023 ($200 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 300 |  |  | 300 |
6.50% debentures due 2025 | 145 |  |  | 145 |
7.65% debentures due 2029 ($50 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 200 |  |  | 200 |
4.00% senior notes due 2032 | 700 |  |  | 700 |
5.45% debentures due 2034 ($25 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 136 |  |  | 136 |
5.80% notes due 2037 | 240 |  |  | 240 |
4.15% senior notes due 2042 | 1,000 |  |  | 1,000 |
5.25% to 8.875% notes (maturities ranging from 2018 to 2035, including $50 converted to floating rate by interest rate swap) | 239 |  |  | 239 |
Other | 212 |  |  | 220 |
Total long-term debt | 8,023 |  |  | 9,032 |
Less current portion of long-term debt | (242 | ) |  | (1,008 | )
Long-term debt less current portion | $ | 7,781 |  |  | $ | 8,024 |
Mandatory maturities of long-term debt for each of the next five years | Maturities of long-term debt for each of the next five years follow:
2016 | $ | 242 |
2017 | 1,544 |
2018 | 576 |
2019 | 340 |
2020 | 241 |
Interest paid on debt | Interest paid on debt follows:
2015 | $ | 271 |
2014 | 296 |
2013 | 294 |

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