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Retirement Benefit Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions to Pension plan	$ 6,300,000
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans, Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions to Pension plan	26,000
Expected additional contribution to SERP plan	$ 27,000

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 132R

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)(3)

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