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Stock Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Restricted stock and stock units - expense |  | $ | 42,699 |  |  | $ | 41,292 |  |  | $ | 40,821 |
Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost, Net of Estimated Forfeitures | Total unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Restricted stock and stock units - unrecognized future costs |  | $ | 60,481 |  |  | $ | 60,627 |  |  | $ | 54,968 |
Activity Under All Stock Plans and Weighted Average Exercise Prices | The following table reflects activity under all stock plans from December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2016, and the weighted average exercise prices (in thousands, except per share amounts):
|  | Restricted Stock Plans without Market-Condition |  | Restricted Stock Plans with Market-Condition |  | Stock Option Plans
|  | Number of Shares/ Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of Shares/ Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of Shares/ Units |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
Outstanding, December 31, 2013 |  |  | 1,317 |  |  |  | $31.68 |  |  | 899 |  |  |  | $36.58 |  |  | 632 |  |  |  | $27.41
Granted |  |  | 585 |  |  |  | $41.60 |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | $50.09 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | (528 | ) |  |  | $27.12
Restrictions lapsed |  |  | (712 | ) |  |  | $31.96 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Forfeited |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | $32.82 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | $27.83
Outstanding, December 31, 2014 |  |  | 1,165 |  |  |  | $36.47 |  |  | 1,234 |  |  |  | $40.24 |  |  | 77 |  |  |  | $29.22
Granted |  |  | 502 |  |  |  | $58.14 |  |  | 257 |  |  |  | $71.86 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | (54 | ) |  |  | $28.18
Restrictions lapsed |  |  | (599 | ) |  |  | $36.30 |  |  | (499 | ) |  |  | $31.41 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Forfeited |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | $37.63 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | $30.94
Outstanding, December 31, 2015 |  |  | 1,052 |  |  |  | $46.88 |  |  | 992 |  |  |  | $52.89 |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | $32.36
Granted |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | $38.47 |  |  | 358 |  |  |  | $45.93 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | $32.36
Restrictions lapsed |  |  | (545 | ) |  |  | $42.42 |  |  | (364 | ) |  |  | $43.04 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Forfeited |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | $41.28 |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | $43.04 |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | $32.36
Outstanding, December 31, 2016 |  |  | 1,243 |  |  |  | $43.78 |  |  | 950 |  |  |  | $54.42 |  |  | — |  |  |  | —
Pre-Tax Intrinsic Value of Stock Option Exercised | The total pre-tax intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2014 and 2013, are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Total pre-tax intrinsic value of stock options exercised |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 1,709 |  |  | $ | 9,150 |
Total fair value of shares vested |  | $ | 39,302 |  |  | $ | 56,570 |  |  | $ | 38,566 |

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