| **Financial Instruments (Carrying Value And Fair Value Of Convertible Senior Notes) (Details) (USD $)In Millions, unless otherwise specified** | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |        | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Financial Instruments**                                                                                                                      |           |           |   |           |            |  |   |   |
| Marketable Securities, Realized Loss, Other than Temporary Impairments, Amount                                                                 | $ 0            | $ 0            | $ 0    | $ 0            |            |  |   |   |
| Convertible Senior Notes, Carrying Value                                                                                                       | 554            |           | 554    |           | 539             | [1] |   |   |
| Convertible Senior Notes, Fair Value                                                                                                           |           |           |   |           |            |  | $ 583 | $ 584 |
| Interest rate percentage on convertible senior notes, due 2016                                                                                 | 0.75%          |           | 0.75%  |           | 0.75%           |  | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| Convertible Senior Notes, Maturity Date (Year)                                                                                                 |           |           |   |           |            |  | 2016 | 2016 |
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| [1]Derived from audited consolidated financial statements.                                                                                     |

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Debt instrument maturity year.
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No definition available.
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| - Definition
Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of long-term debt (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer) identified as Convertible Notes Payable, excluding current portion. Convertible Notes Payable is a written promise to pay a note which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another, related security, at the option of the issuer and the holder.
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| - Definition
This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.
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| - Definition
Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.
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| - Definition
This element represents the amount of loss recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of investments in debt and equity securities.
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