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STOCK PLANS (Summary of Stock Options by Exercise Price Range) (Details) (Stock options, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Information about awards outstanding  
Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years) 5 years 6 months
Outstanding  
Options Outstanding, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 2,087,193us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
Exercisable  
Options Exercisable, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 1,818,218us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
Exercise Price Range 1
 
Information about awards outstanding  
Exercise price, high end of range (in dollars per share) 29.99us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years) 4 years 2 months 12 days
Outstanding  
Options Outstanding, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 572,351us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 24.14us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Exercisable  
Options Exercisable, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 572,351us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 24.14us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Exercise Price Range 2
 
Information about awards outstanding  
Exercise price, low end of range (in dollars per share) 30.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Exercise price, high end of range (in dollars per share) 39.99us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years) 5 years 4 months 24 days
Outstanding  
Options Outstanding, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 917,607us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 33.21us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Exercisable  
Options Exercisable, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 917,272us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 33.21us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Exercise Price Range 3
 
Information about awards outstanding  
Exercise price, low end of range (in dollars per share) 40.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years) 8 years 1 month 6 days
Outstanding  
Options Outstanding, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 597,235us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 57.94us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Exercisable  
Options Exercisable, Number of Stock Options (in shares) 328,595us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) 52.75us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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