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Equity Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 49 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 10, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]                
Treasury stock, shares acquired       225,441us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 105,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 575,441us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired    
Weighted average purchase price per share       $ 178.54us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare $ 187.61us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare $ 134.98us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare    
Total cost of treasury shares acquired       $ 40,300,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod $ 19,700,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod $ 77,700,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod    
Repurchased additional shares of common stock, shares               500,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
Common stock remaining authorized for repurchase 624,559us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased     624,559us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased   624,559us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased    
Total cash dividends       12,451,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash 0us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash      
Cash dividends declared per share $ 0.45us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.45us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.45us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.35us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared        
Dividend, record date       Jan. 30, 2015        
Dividend, to be paid date       Feb. 13, 2015        
Dividends payable 4,270,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent     4,270,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent   4,270,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent    
Common stock value         191,578,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues      
Public Offering [Member]                
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]                
Common stock, shares issued             1,300,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Common stock value             $ 191,800,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues
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