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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Table) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |
The changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
(Dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ | 23,537 |  | $ | 25,816 |  | $ | 26,624
| Additions, net of recoveries |  | 67,372 |  |  | 62,157 |  |  | 76,292
| Deductions |  | (64,007) |  |  | (64,436) |  |  | (77,100)
Ending balance | $ | 26,902 |  | $ | 23,537 |  | $ | 25,816

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