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Pensions and Other Post-retirement Benefits - Schedule of Expected Return on Assets for Net Periodic Pension Cost (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	58.00%	57.00%
Fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	25.00%	26.00%
Pooled investment funds
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	11.00%	12.00%
Insurance contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	4.00%	3.00%
Cash and cash equivalents
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension Plan Assets at December 31,	2.00%	2.00%

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Percentage of actual investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108410482&loc=d3e1928-114920

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