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Number Of Non employee Directors Electing To Receive Deferred Stock Units

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Separate Unrestricted Cash For Deferred Compensation Plan.

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date, including liabilities incurred and payable to vendors for goods and services received, taxes, interest, rent and utilities, compensation costs, payroll taxes and fringe benefits (other than pension and postretirement obligations), contractual rights and obligations, and statutory obligations.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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 stock bought back by the entity at the exercise price or redemption price.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)		12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Sep. 03, 2019 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) nonemployeedirectors shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	May 21, 2019 shares	May 23, 2018 shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Non Employee Directors Electing To Receive Deferred Stock Units \| nonemployeedirectors		7
Shares issued \| shares		154,869,198	154,537,378
Deferred Stock Units Outstanding		60,676	74,966
Separate Unrestricted Cash For Deferred Compensation Plans		$ 36,700,000	$ 28,200,000
Company's liability for Directors		377,553,000	276,645,000
Brother of Senior Executive Vice President [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate leasing commissions paid to related parties		21,000	$ 921,000	$ 368,000
deferred compenstation for directors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Separate Unrestricted Cash For Deferred Compensation Plans		700,000
Company's liability for Directors		$ 700,000
Director Cessation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares issued \| shares					17,949	36,836
Common Stock converted (Shares) \| shares	4,917