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Short-Term and Long-Term Investments - Amortized Cost and Estimated Fair Value of Available-for-Sale Securities by Contractual Maturities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Maturities [Abstract] |  |
Due in one year or less, Cost | $ 540 |
Due in two to ten years, Cost | 170 |
Due in ten to twenty years, Cost | 0 |
Due in twenty to forty years, Cost | 6,000 |
Cost | 6,710 | 6,820
Due in one year or less, Estimated Fair Value | 541 |
Due in two to ten years, Estimated Fair Value | 170 |
Due in ten to twenty years, Estimated Fair Value | 0 |
Due in twenty to forty years, Estimated Fair Value | 4,964 |
Estimated Fair Value | $ 5,675 | $ 5,651

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- Definition Amount after adjustments of available-for-sale debt securities at cost, maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments (OTTI) recognized in earnings less cumulative-effect adjustments, and fair value hedge accounting adjustments. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27198-111563 + Details
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