STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - SUMMARY OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	195,305	138,896	148,508	149,320
Granted	126,874	44,144	39,978
Vested in Period	(25,696)	0	0
Unvested, Weighted Average Fair Value	$ 60.24	$ 59.33	$ 60.23	$ 60.36
Granted, Weighted Average Fair Value	54.64	62.80	76.63
Vested in Period, Weighted Average Fair Value	$ 42.44	$ 0	$ 0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	(44,769)	(53,756)	(40,790)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeitures, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 52.11	$ 64.67	$ 76.77
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	363,729	327,798	290,054	257,096
Granted	192,106	122,062	100,993
Vested in Period	(136,777)	(64,166)	(44,720)
Unvested, Weighted Average Fair Value	$ 60.00	$ 57.87	$ 58.11	$ 57.47
Granted, Weighted Average Fair Value	54.13	62.40	71.33
Vested in Period, Weighted Average Fair Value	$ 46.52	$ 67.91	$ 84.57
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	(19,398)	(20,152)	(23,315)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeitures, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 59.62	$ 58.15	$ 57.52
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	17,507
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	177,798
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two [Member] \| Net Income Growth Rate [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	77,856
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two [Member] \| Earnings Per Share Growth [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	19,797
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two [Member] \| Return on Net Assets [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested [Roll Forward]
Unvested, Shares	80,145

The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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