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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Loss Contingencies By Claims Quantities [Table Text Block] | Claims activity since December 31 related to asbestos claims is as follows(1):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (Number of claims)
Claims unresolved, beginning of period | 21,681 |  |  | 22,393 |  |  | 23,523 |
Claims filed(2) | 4,821 |  |  | 4,850 |  |  | 6,299 |
Claims resolved(3) | (5,919 | ) |  | (5,562 | ) |  | (7,429 | )
Claims unresolved, end of period | 20,583 |  |  | 21,681 |  |  | 22,393 |
| (In dollars)
Average cost of resolved claims(4) | $ | 6,056 |  |  | $ | 7,513 |  |  | $ | 5,979 |
(1) Excludes claims filed by one legal firm that have been “administratively dismissed.” (2) Claims filed include all asbestos claims for which notification has been received or a file has been opened. (3) Claims resolved include all asbestos claims that have been settled, dismissed or that are in the process of being settled or dismissed based upon agreements or understandings in place with counsel for the claimants. (4) Excludes claims settled in Mississippi for which the majority of claims have historically been resolved for no payment and insurance recoveries.
Schedule Of Asbestos Related Litigation [Table Text Block] | The Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets included the following amounts related to asbestos-related litigation:
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Current asbestos insurance asset(1) | $ | 28,872 |  |  | $ | 34,540 |
Long-term asbestos insurance asset(2) | 284,095 |  |  | 282,679 |
Long-term asbestos insurance receivable(2) | 96,007 |  |  | 82,340 |
Accrued asbestos liability(3) | 48,780 |  |  | 50,175 |
Long-term asbestos liability(4) | 350,394 |  |  | 346,099 |
(1) Included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. (2) Included in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. (3) Represents current accruals for probable and reasonably estimable asbestos-related liability cost that the Company believes the subsidiaries will pay through the next 15 years, overpayments by certain insurers and unpaid legal costs related to defending themselves against asbestos-related liability claims and legal action against the Company’s insurers, which is included in Accrued liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. (4) Included in Other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The Company’s minimum obligations under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:
| December 31, 2015
| (In thousands)
2016 | $ | 32,121 |
2017 | 19,798 |
2018 | 15,624 |
2019 | 14,064 |
2020 | 12,390 |
Thereafter | 47,333 |
Total | $ | 141,330 |

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