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Redemption Price of Notes Plus Accrued and Unpaid Interest Thereon to Redemption Date (Detail) - Senior Notes [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
5½% Senior Notes [Member] | 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	102.75%
5½% Senior Notes [Member] | 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	101.375%
5½% Senior Notes [Member] | 2019 and thereafter [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	100.00%
5% Senior Notes [Member] | 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	102.50%
5% Senior Notes [Member] | 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	101.25%
5% Senior Notes [Member] | 2018 and thereafter [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest	100.00%

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823

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