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Fair Value Measurements (Financial Assets and Liabilities Carried at Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 27, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Assets: |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ 35.7 | $ 38.3
Investment in equity securities | 314.4 | 148.9
Cross-currency swap derivative contracts | 36.8 |
Liabilities: |  |
Interest rate swap derivative contracts | 64.0 |
Deferred compensation plans | 64.6 | 60.9
Quoted Prices in Active Market (Level 1) |  |
Assets: |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities | 0.0 | 0.0
Investment in equity securities | 0.0 | 0.0
Cross-currency swap derivative contracts | 0.0 |
Liabilities: |  |
Interest rate swap derivative contracts | 0.0 |
Deferred compensation plans | 0.0 | 0.0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Assets: |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities | 35.7 | 38.3
Investment in equity securities | 0.0 | 0.0
Cross-currency swap derivative contracts | 36.8 |
Liabilities: |  |
Interest rate swap derivative contracts | 64.0 |
Deferred compensation plans | 64.6 | 60.9
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Assets: |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities | 0.0 | 0.0
Investment in equity securities | 314.4 | 148.9
Cross-currency swap derivative contracts | 0.0 |
Liabilities: |  |
Interest rate swap derivative contracts | 0.0 |
Deferred compensation plans | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0

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