Debt Instrument Offer Price Percentage

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Debt Instrument Offering Price Percentage at Principle Amount

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage, Ending

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage, Initial

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Debt Redemption, Price Percent Of Principal Amount, From the Proceeds of Certain Equity Offerings

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Maximum Redemption Percent Allowed And Limited To Proceeds From Equity Offering

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Redemption Price Percent If Change in Control Occurs

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Validity Tender Offer Percentage

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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Long-Term Debt 4 1/8 Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt 4 1/8 Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2020	Nov. 12, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt			$ 400,000,000	$ 0	$ 1,789,200,000
Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Validity Tender Offer Percentage		90.00%
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		$ 394,700,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 400,000,000
Redemption Price Percent If Change In Control Occurs in Addition to Accrued and Unpaid Interest		101.00%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument Offering Price Percentage at Principle Amount		100.00%
Debt Instrument Redemption Period - Post October 1 2022 [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage, Initial, Plus Accrued and Unpaid Interest		102.063%
Debt Instrument Redemption Period - Post October 1 2024 [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage, Ending, Plus Accrued and Unpaid Interest		100.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption - Pre October 1 2022 [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage Plus a Make-Whole Premium		100.00%
Maximum Redemption Percent Allowed And Limited To Proceeds From Equity Offering		35.00%
Debt Redemption, Price Percent Of Principal Amount, From the Proceeds of Certain Equity Offerings plus accrued and unpaid interest		104.125%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	$ 196,500,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 200,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Four and One Eighth Percent Senior Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument Offering Price Percentage	99.50%