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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
| 2013 |  | 2012
$100 million Senior Notes, interest at 6.30%, due June 25, 2015 | $ | 100,000 |  |  | $ | 100,000 |
$50 million Senior Notes, interest at 3.67%, due December 17, 2022 | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000 |
$50 million Senior Notes, interest 4.10%, due September 19, 2023 | 50,000 |  |  | — |
$800 million Credit Agreement, interest at LIBOR plus 75 basis points | 195,960 |  |  | 197,131 |
Other local arrangements | 17,067 |  |  | 41,600 |
| 413,027 |  |  | 388,731 |
Less: current portion | (17,067 | ) |  | (41,600 | )
Long-term debt | $ | 395,960 |  |  | $ | 347,131 |

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