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Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Narrative) (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Foreign, Current $ 109,729us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit $ 122,246us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit [1] $ 197,335us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Total deferred income tax provision 23,350us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (484)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (15,878)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Spanish tax charges [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Foreign, Current   72,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
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Non-Resident [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Foreign, Current   12,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
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Foreign subsidiaries [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Total deferred income tax provision   $ 11,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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[1] For the year ended December 31, 2012, the foreign current income tax provision includes $72 million of Spanish tax charges and $12 million of charges related to the Spanish dividend withholding cases. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the foreign deferred income tax provision includes an $11 million tax benefit from the corporate restructuring of certain foreign subsidiaries.