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Other Noncurrent Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Other Noncurrent Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Nonamortizable identifiable intangibles	$ 500,183	$ 498,517	$ 517,378
Deferred income taxes	423,713	385,434	423,989
Identifiable intangibles (net of amortization of $117.5 million, $103.6 million, and $77.2 million, respectively)	226,352	240,227	261,636
Other	291,703	280,080	286,791
Total other noncurrent assets	$ 1,441,951	$ 1,404,258	$ 1,489,794

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