Note Q - Stock-Based Compensation (Detail) - (Table 4) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Expected volatility	47.6% to 48.7%	47.5% to 52.4%
Risk-free interest rate	1.22% to 1.78%	1.62% to 2.16%
Expected life (in years)	2.8 to 4.4	2.8 to 4.4
Expected dividend yield
Weighted average fair value (in Dollars per share)	$ 10.83	$ 8.48

The period of time an equity-based award is expected to be outstanding. An equity-based award's expected term is generally determined based on, among other factors, the instrument's contractual term and the effects of employees' expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption range that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The range of expected volatilities used and the weighted-average expected volatility for an entity using a valuation technique with different volatilities during the contractual term.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 123R
-Paragraph A240
-Subparagraph c(1)
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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