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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract] |
Changes In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following:
| Post-Retirement Benefits, Net of Tax |  | Translation Adjustments and Other, Net of Tax |  | Total
| (in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | (47 | ) |  | $ | (38 | ) |  | $ | (85 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 1 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Elimination of stranded tax effects resulting from tax legislation | (6 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | )
Balance, March 31, 2019 | $ | (52 | ) |  | $ | (39 | ) |  | $ | (91 | )

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