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Borrowings (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of short-term debt [Table Text Block] | Borrowings consist of the following:
| December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Short-term: |  |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 2,778 |  |  | $ | 3,266 |
Commercial paper | 226,500 |  |  | 607,500 |
| $ | 229,278 |  |  | $ | 610,766 |
Borrowings [Table Text Block] |
| December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Long-term: |  |  |
4.875% 10-year notes due October 15, 2015 | $ | 299,638 |  |  | $ | 299,441 |
5.45% 10-year notes due March 15, 2018 | 348,598 |  |  | 348,268 |
2.125% 7-year notes due December 1, 2020 (euro-denominated) | 411,500 |  |  | — |
4.30% 10-year notes due March 1, 2021 | 449,813 |  |  | 449,787 |
6.65% 30-year debentures due June 1, 2028 | 199,483 |  |  | 199,448 |
5.375% 30-year debentures due October 15, 2035 | 296,526 |  |  | 296,367 |
6.60% 30-year notes due March 15, 2038 | 247,859 |  |  | 247,771 |
5.375% 30-year notes due March 1, 2041 | 345,671 |  |  | 345,511 |
Other | 2,891 |  |  | 6,023 |
Total long-term debt | 2,601,979 |  |  | 2,192,616 |
Less current portion | (2,778 | ) |  | (3,266 | )
| $ | 2,599,201 |  |  | $ | 2,189,350 |
Schedule of interest expense and interest income [Table Text Block] | Interest expense and interest income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest expense | $ | 124,647 |  |  | $ | 125,995 |  |  | $ | 124,783 |
Interest income | (3,905 | ) |  | (4,854 | ) |  | (9,258 | )
Interest expense, net | $ | 120,742 |  |  | $ | 121,141 |  |  | $ | 115,525 |
Scheduled maturities [Table Text Block] | Scheduled maturities of long-term debt for the years ending December 31 are as follows:
2014 | $ | 2,778 |
2015 | 299,638 |
2016 | — |
2017 | — |
2018 | 348,598 |
2019 and thereafter | 1,950,965 |
| $ | 2,601,979 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(e),(f)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584090&loc=d3e28878-108400 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28541-108399 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21506-112644 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21521-112644 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21538-112644 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 + Details
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