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FAIR VALUE (Summary of Fair Value Assets and Liabilities) (Details) - Recurring basis - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Assets: |  |
Total assets | $ 81,824 | $ 79,705
Liabilities: |  |
Deferred compensation | 38,547 | 39,090
Total liabilities | 42,648 | 42,880
Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 9,056 | 3,815
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 1,154 | 1,528
Net investment contracts |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 2,947 | 2,229
Interest Rate Swap |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 877 |
Commodity contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 155 | 181
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities |  | 33
Forward starting swap agreements |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 17,651 | 19,291
Pension surplus |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 54,085 | 56,418
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) |  |
Assets: |  |
Total assets | 54,085 | 56,418
Liabilities: |  |
Deferred compensation | 0 | 0
Total liabilities | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Net investment contracts |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Interest Rate Swap |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Commodity contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities |  | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Forward starting swap agreements |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1) | Pension surplus |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 54,085 | 56,418
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Assets: |  |
Total assets | 27,739 | 23,287
Liabilities: |  |
Deferred compensation | 38,547 | 39,090
Total liabilities | 42,648 | 42,880
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 9,056 | 3,815
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 1,154 | 1,528
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Net investment contracts |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 2,947 | 2,229
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Interest Rate Swap |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 877 |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commodity contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 155 | 181
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities |  | 33
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Forward starting swap agreements |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 17,651 | 19,291
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Pension surplus |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Assets: |  |
Total assets | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Deferred compensation | 0 | 0
Total liabilities | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Net investment contracts |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Interest Rate Swap |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commodity contracts |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Liabilities |  | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Forward starting swap agreements |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Pension surplus |  |
Assets: |  |
Assets | $ 0 | $ 0

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