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Earnings Per Share Narrative (Details) shares in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 $ / shares shares
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount | shares	0.2
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Earnings Per Share, Exercise Prices of Stock Options Excluded from the Calculation of Diluted EPS | $ / shares	$ 26.02

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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