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Weighted-Average Fair Value of Performance Stock Units (Detail) (Performance Shares, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Number of PSUs granted 140,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Grant price at date of grant $ 29.72us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Risk-free interest rate 1.10%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Expected volatility 63.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
$50 Vesting Hurdle
 
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Weighted- average fair value per share $ 23.10us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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/ us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansByExercisePriceRangeAxis
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$60 Vesting Hurdle
 
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Weighted- average fair value per share $ 20.87us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
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