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Stockholders' Equity - Cash Dividends (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Per Share Amount	$ 0.09	$ 0.09	$ 0.27	$ 0.27
Total Dividend Paid			$ 13,031	$ 13,230
Cash Dividends Paid in February [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date			Feb. 02, 2017
Payment Date			Feb. 16, 2017
Per Share Amount			$ 0.09
Total Dividend Paid			$ 4,369
Cash Dividends Paid in May [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date			May 04, 2017
Payment Date			May 18, 2017
Per Share Amount			$ 0.09
Total Dividend Paid			$ 4,350
Cash Dividends Paid in August [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date			Aug. 03, 2017
Payment Date			Aug. 17, 2017
Per Share Amount			$ 0.09
Total Dividend Paid			$ 4,312

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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