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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Cash and cash equivalents [abstract]

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		January 1, 2017				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018
		(in thousands)
Cash, demand deposits and checking accounts		$	171,397				115,464				98,400
Time deposits with less than three months maturity date			13,055				22,559				8,037
		$	184,452				138,023				106,437

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