Note 7 - Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 03, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	Weighted-Average
	Interest Rate at		Fiscal Year
Long-Term Debt	December 3, 2016		Maturity Date		2016			2015
Revolving credit line		1.73%		2019	$	-		$	-
Term Loan		1.86%		2019		266,250			288,750
Senior Notes, Series A 1		2.88%		2017		17,014			17,419
Senior Notes, Series B 2		2.76%		2017		33,164			33,982
Senior Notes, Series C 3		3.80%		2020		36,428			36,955
Senior Notes, Series D 4		5.61%		2020		65,000			65,000
Senior Notes, Series E 5		4.12%		2022		250,000			250,000
Non-U.S. Notes 6		3.36%		2024		467			-
Total debt					$	668,323		$	692,106
Less: current maturities						(80,178	)		(22,500	)
Total long-term debt, excluding current maturities					$	588,145		$	669,606

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

Term	Committed		Drawn		Unused
Long-term lines of credit	$	300,000	$	-	$	300,000

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Fiscal Year	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter
Long-term debt obligations	$	80,234	$	37,556	$	198,806	$	101,484	$	56	$	250,187