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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018 | Apr. 01, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes [Abstract] |  |  |
Increase in liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits | $ 568 |  |
TCJA income tax expense Abstract [Abstract] |  |  |
TCJA tax on unremitted foreign earnings |  |  | $ 215,558
TCJA foreign taxes on assumed repatriation |  |  | 213,000
Expected TCJA tax payment, net | 180,000 |  |
Additional expected repatriation |  |  | $ 1,100,000
Cash repatriated during the current period | 0 |  |
Remeasurement of repatriation deferred tax liability [Member] |  |  |
Effect on Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Other Tax Expense (Benefit) | $ 1,316 | $ (968) |

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