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Other Current Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Current Assets [Abstract] |
Other Current Assets | Note C—Other Current Assets Other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Deposits in trusts for employee benefits and retirement plans |  | $ | 87,646 |  |  | $ | 82,335 |
Other |  |  | 57,791 |  |  |  | 59,126 |
|  | $ | 145,437 |  |  | $ | 141,461 |

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- Definition Disclosures related to the following: Other current assets represent the aggregate carrying amount, as of the balance sheet date, of current assets not separately disclosed in the balance sheet due to materiality considerations. Current assets are expected to be realized or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). + References No definition available. + Details
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