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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Parenthetical] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2019	Mar. 30, 2018
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Parenthetical] [Abstract]
Cumulative effect of accounting change, tax		$ 2,808
Other comprehensive income, tax	$ (413)	$ 3,573

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Cumulative Effect of Change in New Accounting Principle, tax impact. Tax Amount of increase (decrease) to equity or (increase) decrease to net assets, resulting from the cumulative effect adjustment of a new accounting principle applied in the period of adoption.

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Amount of tax expense (benefit) allocated to other comprehensive income (loss).

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