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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;The company leases sales and administrative office facilities, distribution center facilities, vehicles and other equipment under operating leases. Rental expense under all operating leases was $121 million in 2010 and 2009 and $124 million in 2008. As of December&amp;nbsp;31, 2010, future minimum payments under operating leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year were:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 4pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #0082c7; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" color="#0082C7" size="1"&gt;MILLIONS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; WIDTH: 84.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="84%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;67&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 0px"&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; WIDTH: 84.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="84%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="bottom" width="12%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;49&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 0px"&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; WIDTH: 84.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="84%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="bottom" width="12%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; WIDTH: 84.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="84%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;2014&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="bottom" width="12%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; WIDTH: 84.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="84%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;2015&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #2b85ff 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="bottom" width="12%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;Thereafter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;25&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="2"&gt;The company enters into operating leases for vehicles whose noncancelable terms are one year or less in duration with month-to-month renewal options. These leases have been excluded from the table above. The company estimates payments under such leases will approximate $36 million in 2011. These vehicle leases have guaranteed residual values that have historically been satisfied primarily by the proceeds on the sale of the vehicles.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
</NonNumbericText><NonNumericTextHeader>12. RENTALS AND LEASES
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 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
 -Number 13
 -Paragraph 16
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