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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Schedule of Dividends) (Details) - $ / shares						3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2019	Jan. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018	Jan. 24, 2018	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 28, 2018
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Amount						$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 0.70
2019 Dividend Declared [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declared								Jan. 30, 2019
Amount		$ 0.70
2018 Dividend Declared [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declared								Jan. 24, 2018
Amount					$ 0.70
2019 First Dividend Paid [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date								Feb. 15, 2019
Date Paid								Feb. 28, 2019
Payment Amount	$ 0.35
2019 Second Dividend Paid [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date								Aug. 15, 2019
Date Payable								Aug. 30, 2019
Payment Amount								$ 0.35
2018 First Dividend Paid [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date								Feb. 14, 2018
Date Paid								Feb. 28, 2018
Payment Amount				$ 0.35
2018 Second Dividend Paid [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Record Date								Aug. 15, 2018
Date Paid								Aug. 31, 2018
Payment Amount			$ 0.35