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Common And Preferred Stock Common and Preferred Stock (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Schedule of Repurchases of Shares [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Repurchases Of Shares [Table Text Block] | Total share repurchases under the programs for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Number of shares repurchased | 238,486 |  |  | 169,432 |  |  | 80,191 |
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands of dollars) | $ | 14,145 |  |  | $ | 8,631 |  |  | $ | 3,488 |
Weighted-average cost per share | $ | 59.31 |  |  | $ | 50.94 |  |  | $ | 43.49 |

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