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Income Taxes (Notes)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax [Abstract]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES Our effective tax rates were 18.3% and 11.1% in the three months 2018 and 2017. The increase in the effective income tax rates in the three months 2018 is primarily due to restructuring-related activities to integrate recent acquisitions and the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In 2017 we recorded a provisional transition tax charge and a change in deferred tax accounts associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. These provisional amounts will be finalized in 2018.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680

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