CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 27, 2019	Jan. 28, 2018
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net earnings	$ 241,519	$ 303,211	[1]
Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	36,848	35,867
Amortization of intangibles	3,170	3,256
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(11,458)	(23,531)
Distribution from equity method investees	0	23
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes	125	(68,856)
Loss (gain) on property/equipment sales and plant facilities	450	(1,131)
Non-cash investment activities	(9,516)	(10,880)
Stock-based compensation expense	7,946	7,339
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable	36,262	69,629
(Increase) decrease in inventories	(30,901)	(21,255)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets	(5,625)	569
Increase (decrease) in pension and post-retirement benefits	4,237	2,132
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses	(147,318)	(58,077)
Increase (decrease) in net income taxes payable	61,686	65,881
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES	187,425	304,177
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisitions of businesses/intangibles	0	(858,102)
Purchases of property/equipment	(39,430)	(53,694)
Proceeds from sales of property/equipment	30,305	751
Decrease (increase) in investments, equity in affiliates, and other assets	7,302	2,718
Proceeds from company-owned life insurance	144	3,028
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES	(1,679)	(905,299)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from short-term debt	0	255,000
Proceeds from long-term debt	0	375,000
Repayment long-term debt	38
Repayments of long-term debt		(274)
Dividends paid on common stock	(100,125)	(89,814)
Share repurchase	(44,809)	(25,199)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	15,997	23,455
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES	(128,899)	538,168
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH	(3,294)	4,607
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	53,553	(58,347)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	459,136	444,122
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF QUARTER	$ 512,689	$ 385,775

[1] Adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-07, Compensation - Retirement Benefits: Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (Topic 715). See Note A - General.