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Income Taxes - Earnings Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings	$ 526.2	$ 460.2	$ 412.9
United States [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings	406.7	365.2	335.5
Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings	$ 119.5	$ 95.0	$ 77.4

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- Definition

Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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