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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective tax rate | 28.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | 17.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations |
Gross unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties | $ 19,508 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits |  | $ 19,610 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Net unrecognized tax benefit excluding interest and penalties that would impact effective tax rate | 11,524 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate |  |
Accrued interest on unrecognized tax benefits | $ 638 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued |  | $ 578 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Income tax examination, description | The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to examination by federal, state and foreign tax authorities. The Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of the Company's U.S. federal tax filings for tax years 2011 through 2013 during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. |  |
Earliest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Income tax examination period | 2011 |  |
Earliest Tax Year [Member] | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Open tax year | 2011 |  |
Latest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Income tax examination period | 2013 |  |

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