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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREDHOLDERS' EQUITY CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREDHOLDERS' EQUITY (PARENTHETICAL) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals) [Abstract]
Cash dividends paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.36	$ 1.28

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Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals) [Abstract]

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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