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177 - Disclosure - Summary of Restricted Stock Activity (Detail)
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TableSchedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000706688 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Legal Entity [Axis]Entity [Domain]
Award Type [Axis]Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
2010-01-01 - 2010-12-31
Restricted Stock
 
 
 
Beginning Balance
415,000  
 
 
Granted
368,000 1
266,000  
300,000  
Vested
(75,000) 
 
 
Forfeited
(12,000) 
 
 
Ending Balance
696,000  
 
415,000  
 
 
 
Weighted Average Grant Price
 
 
 
Beginning Balance
19.64  
 
 
Granted
26.08 1
23.57  
16.20  
Vested
16.20  
 
 
Forfeited
27.84  
 
 
Ending Balance
23.28  
 
19.64  
 
 
 
1: Includes 250,000 RSUs granted to certain executive officers that will be eligible to vest on March 31, 2015 assuming certain performance conditions are achieved over three annual performance periods. The Company recognizes compensation cost for its performance-based RSUs over the vesting period based on the probability that the performance condition will be satisfied.