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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Repurchases Shares [Table Text Block] | The following table shows the activity of open market and privately negotiated repurchases of shares during the second and third quarters of 2021:
| Number of Shares |  |  | Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  | Amount (In thousands) |
2021: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Second quarter | 7,962,647 |  |  | $ | 12.56 |  | $ | 100,000 |
| Third quarter | 4,158,806 |  |  |  | 12.02 |  |  | 50,000 |
|  |  | 12,121,453 | (1) |  |  |  |  | $ | 150,000 |
(1) | Includes 7,621,453 shares of common stock repurchased in the open market at an average price of $12.36 for a total purchase price of approximately $94.2 million, and 4,500,000 shares of common stock repurchased through privately negotiated transactions at an average price of $12.40 for a total purchase price of approximately $55.8 million. |

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