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Foreign Currency Transaction Exposure (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Schedule of Currency Transaction Exposure | Currency transaction gains (losses) included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended |  | For the Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2018
| (In thousands)
Operating income (loss) | $ | 1,316 |  |  | $ | (4,482 | ) |  | $ | (1,782 | ) |  | $ | (9,023 | )
Other non-operating expense, net | (1,254 | ) |  | (1,568 | ) |  | (1,804 | ) |  | (535 | )
Currency transaction gains (losses), net | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (6,050 | ) |  | $ | (3,586 | ) |  | $ | (9,558 | )

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