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Postretirement Benefit Plans - Defined Contribution Expenses for Company's Qualified Defined Contribution Plans and Statutory Profit Sharing Contributions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total defined contribution expense	$ 14,142	$ 12,030	$ 11,799
Retirement Contributions [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total defined contribution expense	8,035	7,328	7,617
Profit Sharing Contributions [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total defined contribution expense	$ 6,107	$ 4,702	$ 4,182

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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