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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Additional Information (Detail) - Subsequent Event | Dec. 14, 2017 Shareholder
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Class A Common Stock |
Number of stockholders (shareholder) | 404
Class B Common Stock |
Number of stockholders (shareholder) | 83

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