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Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]
Comprehensive income tax rate	35.00%

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