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Employee Benefit Plans - Assumptions Used to Determine Projected and Accumulated Benefit Obligations of Domestic Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Pre-65 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 7.00% | 7.00% |
Ultimate cost trend rate | 4.50% | 4.50% |
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate: | 2023 | 2023 | 2030
Post-65 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 7.80% | 8.30% |
Ultimate cost trend rate | 4.50% | 4.50% |
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate: | 2024 | 2024 | 2030
Defined benefit pension plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.90% | 4.20% |
Weighted average rate of future compensation increases |  | 3.80% |
Postretirement benefit plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.90% | 4.20% |
Annual increase in Medicare Part B premium | 6.00% | 6.00% |
Projected and Accumulated Benefit Obligations [Member] | Pre-65 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate: | 2024 | 2023 |
Projected and Accumulated Benefit Obligations [Member] | Post-65 |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate: | 2024 | 2024 |

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- Definition The interest rate used to adjust for the time value of money for the plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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- Definition Expected rate of compensation increases (for pay-related plans). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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