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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Schedule of Currency Transaction Gains (Losses) | Currency transaction gains (losses) included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2018 |  | March 31, 2017
| (In thousands)
Operating income (loss) | $ | 7,731 |  |  | $ | (28,149 | )
Other non-operating expense, net | 587 |  |  | 16 |
Net transaction gains (losses) | $ | 8,318 |  |  | $ | (28,133 | )

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