Defined Benefit Plan Prepayment Credits

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Defined Benefits Plan Percentage Of Expected Rate Of Return On Plan Assets

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Difference Between Expected Return And Actual Return On Market-Related Value Of Assets Which Stabilize Asset Values

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Number Of Participants

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Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Noncurrent

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Unfunded Pension Benefit Obligation

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1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Projected Benefit Obligation

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation

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If applicable, any substantive commitment, such as past practice or a history of regular benefit increases, used as the basis for accounting for the benefit obligation.

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 30

-Section 35

-Paragraph 50

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 70

-Section 50

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Retirement Benefits - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2012 Participant	Jan. 30, 2011	Nov. 30, 2010	Nov. 30, 2011
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Defined benefit pension plan assets, total	$ 1,243.1			$ 1,296.8
Projected benefit obligations, total	1,717.7
Unfunded pension obligation	454.5
Percentage of unfunded pension benefit obligation for tax-qualified pension plan	84.00%
Accumulated prepayment credits	32.5			59.5
Employer's matching contributions to 401(k) Plan	$ 10.8	$ 9.9	$ 3.7
Difference between expected return and actual return on market-related value of assets which smoothes asset values (in years)	3 years
Long term rate of return on plan assets	8.00%
Defined benefit plan description used for computing benefit obligation	The Company assumed a 8.75% annual rate of increase for pre and post 65 participants in the per capita cost of covered healthcare claims with the rate decreasing over eight years until reaching 5.0%.
Participants	65