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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 21, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate |
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| 2015 |  | 2014
Income tax provision | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 139 |
Effective tax rate | 23.4 | % |  | 25.9 | %

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