|**DEBT (Tables)**                                                      | 3 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]              | The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt were as follows:4/29/125/1/11Senior secured term loan A facility - United States dollar-denominated$608,000$640,000Senior secured term loan A facility - Euro-denominated109,035128,721Senior secured term loan B facility - United States dollar-denominated396,000400,000Senior secured term loan B facility - Euro-denominated61,678386,1627 3/8% senior unsecured notes600,000600,0007 3/4% debentures99,62699,606Total$1,874,339$2,254,489Less: Current portion of long-term debt79,47746,298Long-term debt$1,794,862$2,208,191
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|Senior secured term loan A facility - United States dollar-denominated | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Senior secured term loan A facility - Euro-denominated                 | 109,035                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan B facility - United States dollar-denominated | 396,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan B facility - Euro-denominated                 | 61,678                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|7 3/8% senior unsecured notes                                          | 600,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|7 3/4% debentures                                                      | 99,626                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total                                                                  | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Less: Current portion of long-term debt                                | 79,477                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Long-term debt                                                         | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Schedule of Mandatory Long-Term Debt Repayments [Table]                | As ofApril 29, 2012, the Company’s mandatory long-term debt repayments for the next five years were as follows:Remainder of 2012$59,6082013107,7812014173,8242015390,8222016442,6782017—                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|Remainder of 2012                                                      | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|2013                                                                   | 107,781                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|2014                                                                   | 173,824                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|2015                                                                   | 390,822                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|2016                                                                   | 442,678                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|2017                                                                   | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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