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Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between Cash Dividends Paid and Dividends Paid Deduction (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |
Dividends paid | $ 193,101 | $ 153,617 | $ 75,253
Plus: Deemed dividends on convertible debt | 9,987 | 7,875 |
Less: Dividends designated to prior year | (7,030) | (6,967) | (6,967)
Plus: Dividends designated from the following year | 6,608 | 7,030 | 6,967
Less: Return of capital | (169,747) | (112,612) | (58,861)
Dividends paid deduction | $ 32,919 | $ 48,943 | $ 16,392

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