Fair Value (Schedule of Assets and Liabilities by Fair Value by Hierarchy) (Details) (USD $)	Feb. 02, 2013		Jan. 28, 2012
Level 1 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of Money market funds recorded as Cash Equivalents	$ 245,000,000		$ 209,000,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
ASSETS:
Money market funds	245,019,000	[1]	209,039,000	[2]
ARS - available-for-sale - student loan backed			84,650,000
ARS - available-for-sale - municipal authority bonds			14,858,000
Derivative financial instruments	2,493,000		10,770,000
Total assets measured at fair value	247,512,000		319,317,000
LIABILITIES:
Derivative financial instruments	9,987,000		1,458,000
Total liabilities measured at fair value	9,987,000		1,458,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
ASSETS:
Money market funds	245,019,000	[1]	209,039,000	[2]
Total assets measured at fair value	245,019,000		209,039,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
ASSETS:
Derivative financial instruments	2,493,000		10,770,000
Total assets measured at fair value	2,493,000		10,770,000
LIABILITIES:
Derivative financial instruments	9,987,000		1,458,000
Total liabilities measured at fair value	9,987,000		1,458,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
ASSETS:
ARS - available-for-sale - student loan backed			84,650,000
ARS - available-for-sale - municipal authority bonds			14,858,000
Total assets measured at fair value	$ 0		$ 99,508,000

[1] Includes $245.0 million of money market funds included in Cash and Equivalents. Amounts held in the Rabbi Trust were immaterial.

[2] Includes $209.0 million of money market funds included in Cash and Equivalents. Amounts held in the Rabbi Trust were immaterial.