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Divestiture-Related Activities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2012
Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Operating Results Of Operations Treated As Discontinued Operations |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | April 1, 2012 |  |  | March 27, 2011 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Net revenues |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 87,053 |
Costs and other expenses |  |  | (946 | ) |  |  | 80,070 |
Gain on disposition |  |  | — |  |  |  | (56,773 | )
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes |  |  | 946 |  |  |  | 63,756 |
Provision for income taxes |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | (326 | )
Income from discontinued operations |  | $ | 601 |  |  | $ | 64,082 |

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