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Interest Rate Swap, Remaining Unamortized Amount

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Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gain (Loss), Net of Tax

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Amount of increase (decrease) in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for reclassification to retained earnings of tax effect from remeasurement of deferred tax pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) on investment in marketable security.

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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Derivative [Line Items]
Unrealized gain on marketable securities		$ 3,000,000
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax		2,000,000
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Reclassification from AOCI to Retained Earnings, Tax Effect	$ 4,000,000
Derivative Notional Amount Agreement Terminated		(650,000,000)
Interest Rate Swap Contracts [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Notional Amount Agreement Terminated		650,000,000
Derivative, Fair Value, Net		12,000,000
Interest rate swap, remaining unamortized amount		$ 8,000,000