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Schedule Of Operating Expenses By Category (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Salary and related	$ 72,640	$ 67,826	$ 147,357	$ 134,256
Facilities	15,612	12,796	32,022	28,561
Vehicles	14,533	13,756	29,553	26,420
General supplies/miscellaneous	9,092	7,811	17,927	14,859
Total	$ 111,877	$ 102,189	$ 226,859	$ 204,096

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Facilities expense including rent, utilities, communications, property taxes, etc. included in operating expenses.

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Amount of expense associated with supplies that were used during the current accounting period included in operating expenses.

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Vehicles expense including vehicle leases, gasoline, repair and maintenance, etc. included in operating expenses.

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- Definition

The total amount of other operating cost and expense items that are associated with the entity's normal revenue producing operation.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 3

-Article 5

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Expenditures for salaries other than officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

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