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Fair Value Measurements Sale of Shares in Investment (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Equity investment- number of shares sold	7.4whr_Equityinvestmentnumberofsharessold
Equity investment- value of shares sold	$ 5whr_Equityinvestmentvalueofsharessold

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