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Additional Financial Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 27, 2012
Additional Financial Information [Abstract] |
Cash Interest and Taxes |
|  |  |  | Three Month Ended |  |
|  |  | October 27, 2012 |  |  | October 29, 2011
Cash Interest and Taxes: |  |  |  | (millions) |  |
Cash paid for interest |  | $ | 5.5 |  | $ | --
Cash paid for income taxes |  | $ | 4.1 |  | $ | 5.9

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