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Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt | [1] | $ 3,449,332 | $ 3,817,157
Current portion of long-term debt |  | 400,892 | 674,994
Long-term debt |  | 3,048,440 | 3,142,163
Term loan facilities | September 2015 Term Loan Agreement |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 866,992 | 1,247,167
Senior Notes | 1.875% Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 776,784 | 759,151
Senior Notes | 3.00% Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 248,604 | 248,274
Senior Notes | 4.15% Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 421,019 | 420,654
Senior Notes | 4.50% Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 347,469 | 347,018
Senior Notes | 5.45% Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 345,648 | 345,532
Commercial Paper |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 400,851 | 351,349
Variable-rate foreign bank loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 41,935 | 77,452
Variable-rate domestic bank loans |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | 0 | 20,479
Other long-term debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | $ 30 | $ 81
[1] | As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $16.5 million and $20.3 million, respectively, of long-term debt was classified as Liabilities held for sale in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 3, “Divestitures,” for additional information.

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