Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans (Allocations Of Pension Plan Assets) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
United States Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities, Target	100.00%
United States Pension Plans [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	68.80%	69.00%
Equity securities, Target	61.00%
United States Pension Plans [Member] \| Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	16.70%	16.70%
Equity securities, Target	17.00%
United States Pension Plans [Member] \| Other Plan Asset Categories [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	14.50%	14.30%
Equity securities, Target	22.00%
International Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities, Target	100.00%
International Pension Plans [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	53.80%	55.70%
Equity securities, Target	53.00%
International Pension Plans [Member] \| Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	46.10%	44.20%
Equity securities, Target	40.50%
International Pension Plans [Member] \| Other Plan Asset Categories [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	0.10%	0.10%
Equity securities, Target	6.50%

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Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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