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Performance and Market Measurement Period

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Share-based Compensation Adjustment

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Share-based Payment Arrangement, Plan Modification, Incremental Cost, Unamortized

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Targeted Number of Shares, Quantity that will Vest, Percentage

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification.

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Number of grantees affected by modification of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Per share or per unit amount of equity securities issued.

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Number of share options (or share units) exercised during the current period.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 15, 2021 shares	Dec. 30, 2020 USD ($) employee $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) employee	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 item shares
Stock Options And SOSARs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted				94,000
Shares forfeited				20,000
Grant date fair value \| $ / shares				$ 455.08
Granted, weighted-average exercise price \| $ / shares				$ 1,560.51
Shares exercised				77,000
Weighted-average Black-Scholes fair value per share at date of grant \| $ / shares				$ 455.08
Stock Options And SOSARs [Member] \| Vesting Period 1 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				2 years
Stock Options And SOSARs [Member] \| Vesting Period 2 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				3 years
Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted				29,000
Shares forfeited				8,000
Grant date fair value \| $ / shares				$ 1,563.14
Units vested				23,000
Weighted-average Black-Scholes fair value per share at date of grant \| $ / shares				$ 1,563.14
Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Vesting Period 1 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				2 years
Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Vesting Period 2 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				3 years
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value \| $ / shares				$ 1,569.39
Units vested				55,000
Units forfeited				6,000
Performance shares granted				24,000
Weighted-average Black-Scholes fair value per share at date of grant \| $ / shares				$ 1,569.39
Performance and market measurement period				3 years
Performance Shares [Member] \| 2018 Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of installments \| item				4
Units vested	29,000
Units forfeited				400
Number of installments remaining \| item				1
Remaining service period				3 months
Share-based compensation adjustment \| $				$ 536
Number of employees affected by modified service requirements \| employee		7
Modified service requirements expense \| $		$ 71,441
Stock-based compensation expense \| $				6,145	$ 55,463
Modified service requirements expense, unamortized \| $				$ 1,116
Stock price \| $ / shares		$ 1,374.17
Performance Shares [Member] \| First Half Vested [Member] \| 2018 Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of installments \| item						2
Units vested						33,000
Performance Shares [Member] \| Second Half Vested [Member] \| 2018 Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units vested				8,000
Performance Shares [Member] \| Defined Minimum Targets Not Met [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units vested				0
Certain Equity Awards of an Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees affected by modified service requirements \| employee			1
Modified service requirements expense \| $			$ 6,701
Certain Equity Awards of an Employee [Member] \| Separation Vesting Period [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			8 months
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Targeted number of shares, quantity that will vest, percentage				0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of shares to be earned if certain criteria is met				100.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Vesting Period 1 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Targeted number of shares, quantity that will vest, percentage				300.00%