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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Grant Date Fair Value

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Amount of noncash expense (reversal of expense) for other postretirement benefits. Excludes pension benefits.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 03, 2020	May 06, 2015
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares of common stock allowed for the issuance				903,226	7,230,000
Vesting Period		3 years
Grant date fair value			$ 22,600
Directors Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Director option awards	3,500
Incentive Stock Grants
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares of common stock allowed for the issuance					2,000,000.0
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reversal of previously recorded expense for unvested awards	$ (2,200)