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Debt Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt was as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
| (In thousands)
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 250,000 |
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020 | 200,000 |  |  | 200,000 |
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021 | 150,000 |  |  | 150,000 |
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022 | 425,000 |  |  | 425,000 |
5.375% Senior Notes due May 2024 | 850,000 |  |  | 850,000 |
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027 | 200,000 |  |  | 200,000 |
4.625% Senior Notes due December 2027 | 550,000 |  |  | 550,000 |
Term Loan due December 2022 | 641,250 |  |  | 675,000 |
Bank Credit Facility due December 2022 | 395,000 |  |  | — |
Obligations under capital leases | 211,952 |  |  | 197,232 |
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050 | 4,076 |  |  | 6,036 |
Unamortized premiums and discounts, net | 6,562 |  |  | 7,456 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (31,762 | ) |  | (38,071 | )
Total debt | 3,602,078 |  |  | 3,472,653 |
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt | (69,896 | ) |  | (337,337 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 3,532,182 |  |  | $ | 3,135,316 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities of our debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018 and thereafter, excluding unamortized premiums and debt issuance costs (in thousands):
2019 | $ | 75,037 |
2020 | 281,186 |
2021 | 238,470 |
2022 | 1,379,873 |
2023 | 14,193 |
2024 and thereafter | 1,638,519 |
Total debt maturities | $ | 3,627,278 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
Payments in 2018 | $ | 179,865 |
Payments in 2017 | $ | 160,843 |
Payments in 2016 | $ | 156,950 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (In thousands)
Net change in capital expenditure accrual | $ | (2,597 | ) |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | (1,435 | )
Non-cash acquisition of capital leases | $ | 58,664 |  |  | $ | 54,087 |  |  | $ | 41,609 |
Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block] | ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
Payments in 2019 | $ | 179,665 |
Payments in 2020 | 177,275 |
Payments in 2021 | 166,511 |
Payments in 2022 | 129,293 |
Payments in 2023 | 87,842 |
Payments in 2024 and thereafter | 172,932 |
Total expected cash interest payments | $ | 913,518 |

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