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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      |
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|                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         | Year      Ended December 31,                                 |   |
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| EARNINGS      AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                               |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                                    |                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
| Income before      extraordinary items                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                            |        444,166            |                                                         | $      |        906,753            |                                                         | $      |        879,053            |                                                         | $      |     1,257,806                                       |                                                                    | $      |       1,308,757                                                                                   |                                                                                                                            |
| Interest and      other charges, before reduction for amounts capitalized |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                                    |                                                                    |   |
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| Provision for      income taxes                                           |                                                                                                                                                                         |        407,633            |                                                         |   |        680,524            |                                                         |   |        748,794            |                                                         |   |        794,595                       |                                                                    |   |          883,033                                                                   |                                                                                                                            |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |        247,222            |                                                         |   |        248,499            |                                                         |   |        241,460            |                                                         |   |        226,168                       |                                                                    |   |          206,073                                                                   |                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                                      | Earnings as      defined                                                                                                                                                     | $                                                            |     1,940,120                            |   | $                                                            |     2,527,844                            |   | $                                                            |     2,544,731                            |   | $                                                                       |     3,006,525                                       |   | $                                                                                                                               |       3,183,402                                                                                   |              |
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| FIXED      CHARGES AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S-K:                          |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                                    |                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
| Interest      before reduction for amounts capitalized and deferred       | $                                                                                                                                                                            |        798,730            |                                                         | $      |        670,655            |                                                         | $      |        659,886            |                                                         | $      |        721,068                       |                                                                    | $      |          785,539                                                                   |                                                                                                                            |
| Subsidiaries’      preferred stock dividend requirements            |                                                                                                                                                                         |          42,369 |                                                         |   |          21,413 |                                                         |   |          15,538 |                                                         |   |            6,888 |                                                                    |   |                      - |                                                                                                                            |
| Adjustments to      subsidiaries’ preferred stock dividends         |                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                         |                                                         |   |                                                                    |                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                            |
|                                                                      | to state on a      pre-income tax basis                                                                                                                                      |                                                         |          21,515 |   |                                                         |          16,071 |   |                                                         |          13,236 |   |                                                                    |            4,351 |   |                                                                                                                            |                      - |              |
| Interest      element of rentals charged to income (a)                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |        247,222            |                                                         |   |        248,499            |                                                         |   |        241,460            |                                                         |   |        226,168                       |                                                                    |   |          206,073                                                                   |                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                                      | Fixed charges      as defined                                                                                                                                                | $                                                            |     1,109,836                            |   | $                                                            |        956,638            |   | $                                                            |        930,120            |   | $                                                                       |        958,475                       |   | $                                                                                                                               |          991,612                                                                   |              |
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| CONSOLIDATED      RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                      | 1.75                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                         |                                                         | 2.64   |                                                         |                                                         | 2.74   |                                                         |                                                         | 3.14   |                                                                    |                                                                    | 3.21   |                                                                                                                            |
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|                                                                      | (a)       Includes the interest element of rentals where determinable plus      1/3 of rental expense where no readily defined interest element can be      determined. |
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