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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt | . DEBT Debt consisted of the following at December 31:
| 2017 |  | 2016
3.67% $50 million Senior Notes due December 17, 2022 | $ | 50,000 |  |  | $ | 50,000 |
4.10% $50 million Senior Notes due September 19, 2023 | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000 |
3.84% $125 million Senior Notes due September 19, 2024 | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000 |
4.24% $125 million Senior Notes due June 25, 2025 | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000 |
1.47% EUR 125 million Senior Notes due June 17, 2030 | 149,736 |  |  | 131,507 |
Debt issuance costs, net | (1,438 | ) |  | (1,642 | )
Total Senior Notes | 498,298 |  |  | 479,865 |
$800 million Credit Agreement, interest at LIBOR plus 97.5 basis points(1) | 461,872 |  |  | 395,191 |
Other local arrangements | 19,677 |  |  | 18,974 |
Total debt | 979,847 |  |  | 894,030 |
Less: current portion | (19,677 | ) |  | (18,974 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 960,170 |  |  | $ | 875,056 |

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