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Pensions and Other Benefit Programs (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures |
| Three Months Ended September 30,
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service cost | $ | 3,597 |  |  | $ | 4,735 |  |  | $ | 968 |  |  | $ | 1,774 |
Interest cost | 18,264 |  |  | 20,260 |  |  | 1,870 |  |  | 6,909 |
Expected return on plan assets | (26,781 | ) |  | (30,406 | ) |  | (3,266 | ) |  | (8,069 | )
Amortization of transition credit | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | 95 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 28 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 7,690 |  |  | 13,240 |  |  | 2,873 |  |  | 3,558 |
Settlement | 145 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 192 |
Special termination benefits | — |  |  | — |  |  | 104 |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 3,010 |  |  | $ | 8,029 |  |  | $ | 2,575 |  |  | $ | 4,390 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service cost | $ | 10,890 |  |  | $ | 14,204 |  |  | $ | 5,280 |  |  | $ | 5,805 |
Interest cost | 55,169 |  |  | 60,780 |  |  | 25,246 |  |  | 20,766 |
Expected return on plan assets | (80,908 | ) |  | (91,218 | ) |  | (31,187 | ) |  | (24,133 | )
Amortization of transition credit | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (6 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | 318 |  |  | 602 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 83 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 26,234 |  |  | 39,719 |  |  | 11,511 |  |  | 10,546 |
Settlement | 1,561 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 442 |
Special termination benefits | 548 |  |  | — |  |  | 104 |  |  | — |
Curtailment | 814 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 14,626 |  |  | $ | 24,087 |  |  | $ | 11,032 |  |  | $ | 13,503 |
Schedule of Non Pension Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures |
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service cost | $ | 935 |  |  | $ | 801 |  |  | $ | 2,966 |  |  | $ | 2,560 |
Interest cost | 2,186 |  |  | 2,896 |  |  | 7,210 |  |  | 8,685 |
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | 40 |  |  | (523 | ) |  | 122 |  |  | (1,569 | )
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 1,573 |  |  | 2,054 |  |  | 6,293 |  |  | 6,111 |
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 4,734 |  |  | $ | 5,228 |  |  | $ | 16,591 |  |  | $ | 15,787 |

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