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Interest Expense (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Interest Expense [Abstract] |
Interest Expense Schedule | The following table presents the components of the Company’s Interest expense:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (In thousands)
Contractual interest on Senior Notes | $ | 21,766 |  |  | $ | 21,766 |  |  | $ | 65,298 |  |  | $ | 65,297 |
Contractual interest on Subordinated Convertible Debentures | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20,015 |
Amortization of debt discount on Subordinated Convertible Debentures | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,236 |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and other interest expense | 867 |  |  | 865 |  |  | 2,601 |  |  | 2,663 |
Total interest expense | $ | 22,633 |  |  | $ | 22,631 |  |  | $ | 67,899 |  |  | $ | 92,211 |

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