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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 11, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate |
| Quarter ended |  | Year to date
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Income tax provision | $ | 116 |  |  | $ | 102 |  |  | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 213 |
Effective tax rate | 25.8 | % |  | 30.4 | % |  | 25.4 | % |  | 26.3 | %

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