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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 8,915 |  | $ | 8,644
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 730 |  |  | 1,031
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 86 |  |  | 77
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 9,731 |  | $ | 9,752
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 25,919 |  | $ | 26,076
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 2,153 |  |  | 3,165
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 251 |  |  | 226
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 28,323 |  | $ | 29,467

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