CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 7,950,140	$ 6,640,191	$ 5,344,331
Cost of goods and services	4,898,716	4,023,586	3,331,187
Gross profit	3,051,424	2,616,605	2,013,144
Selling and administrative expenses	1,840,609	1,607,327	1,422,015
Operating earnings	1,210,815	1,009,278	591,129
Interest expense, net	115,596	106,422	100,472
Other expense (income), net	55	3,652	(3,752)
Earnings before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations	1,095,164	899,204	494,409
Provision for income taxes	248,799	208,453	120,986
Earnings from continuing operations	846,365	690,751	373,423
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net	48,878	9,353	(16,985)
Net earnings	$ 895,243	$ 700,104	$ 356,438
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 4.55	$ 3.70	$ 2.01
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net (in dollars per share)	$ 0.26	$ 0.05	$ (0.09)
Net earnings (in dollars per share)	$ 4.82	$ 3.75	$ 1.91
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	185,882	186,897	186,136
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
Earnings from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 4.48	$ 3.65	$ 2.00
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net (in dollars per share)	$ 0.26	$ 0.05	$ (0.09)
Net earnings (in dollars per share)	$ 4.74	$ 3.70	$ 1.91
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	188,887	189,170	186,736
Dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.18	$ 1.07	$ 1.02
The following table is a reconciliation of the share amounts used in computing earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic (in shares)	185,882	186,897	186,136
Dilutive effect of assumed exercise of employee stock options, SARs and performance shares (in shares)	3,005	2,273	600
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted (in shares)	188,887	189,170	186,736
Anti-dilutive options/SARs excluded from diluted EPS computation (in shares)	1,333	1,378	9,176