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|**Debt Disclosure [Abstract]**                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]               | The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt were as follows:20122011Senior secured term loan A facility - United States dollar-denominated$560,000$616,000Senior secured term loan A facility - Euro-denominated—109,470Senior secured term loan B facility - United States dollar-denominated340,000397,000Senior secured term loan B facility - Euro-denominated—80,7854 1/2% senior unsecured notes700,000—7 3/8% senior unsecured notes600,000600,0007 3/4% debentures99,64299,621Total2,299,6421,902,876Less: Current portion of long-term debt88,00069,951Long-term debt$2,211,642$1,832,925
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|Senior secured term loan A facility - United States dollar-denominated  | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Senior secured term loan A facility - Euro-denominated                  | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Senior secured term loan B facility - United States dollar-denominated  | 340,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Senior secured term loan B facility - Euro-denominated                  | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|4 1/2% senior unsecured notes                                           | 700,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|7 3/8% senior unsecured notes                                           | 600,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|7 3/4% debentures                                                       | 99,642                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Total                                                                   | 2,299,642                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Less: Current portion of long-term debt                                 | 88,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Long-term debt                                                          | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Schedule of Mandatory Long-Term Debt Repayments [Table Text Block]      | As ofFebruary 3, 2013, the Company’s mandatory long-term debt repayments for the next five years were as follows:Fiscal YearAmount2013$88,0002014144,0002015328,0002016340,0002017—The terms of each of Term Loan A and Term Loan B contain a mandatory repayment schedule on a quarterly basis, such that the total annual repayments are as follows:Term LoanABBorrowings on February 13, 2013$1,700,000$1,375,000Percentage required to be repaid for the annual period ending March 31:20145%1%20155%1%20167.5%1%201710%1%201872.5%1%20191%202094%                                                     
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