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Employee benefit and stock plans.

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Reduction of plan per share capacity for grants of stock option and other similar Awards.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants, Award Share Percentage

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Tax shortfall from cancellation of stock awards.

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Number of common stock held in a trust that has been set up specifically to accumulate stock for the sole purpose of distribution to participating employees but not yet earned.

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

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash inflow from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Details Textual)				12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Details Textual)	Oct. 06, 2016 $ / shares	Oct. 08, 2015 $ / shares	Oct. 09, 2014 $ / shares	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 07, 2016 shares	Apr. 03, 2014 shares	Nov. 30, 2013 shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures				1,012,686	1,262,000	1,273,647
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Exercises in period, total intrinsic value \| $				$ 1,400,000	$ 400,000	$ 300,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period				551,898	76,164	36,665
Intrinsic value of stock options outstanding \| $				$ 24,500,000	$ 16,400,000	$ 35,800,000
Intrinsic value of stock options exercisable \| $				$ 23,300,000	$ 16,400,000	$ 31,700,000
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted \| $ / shares				$ 5.82	$ 5.49	$ 5.07
Tax shortfall from cancellation of stock awards \| $				$ 2,200,000	$ 1,700,000	$ 1,200,000
Excess Tax Benefit (Tax Deficiency) from Share-based Compensation, Financing Activities \| $				$ 186,000	$ 157,000	$ 0
Shares of common stock held in trust				9,431,756	10,135,461
Share Based payments award terms of Award				5 years	5 years	5 years
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Minimum period of restriction imposed on share grant lapse				3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number				29,939
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Date				Jul. 31, 2017
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number					29,939	29,939
Stock Options
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition				1 year 8 months 11 days
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 4,400,000
Restricted Stock
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Minimum period of restriction imposed on share grant lapse				3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares				$ 15.73	$ 15.19	$ 15.34
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 7,600,000
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number				604,619	416,977	355,294			219,628
Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition				3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 16.21	$ 14.92	$ 14.62	$ 13.81	$ 14.92	$ 14.62
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 11,300,000
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number				809,860	820,209	628,209			385,049
Director Plan SARs [Domain]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number				452,983
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number					452,983	452,983
Non-Employee Director Deferred Common Stock [Domain]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number				485,632	419,962	358,404
Maximum \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Grant, award share percentage				200.00%
Minimum \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Grant, award share percentage				0.00%
Equity Incentive Two Thousand Fourteen Plan [Member] [Member]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of shares authorized for issuance of stock based awards to employees				12,300,000			7,500,000	4,800,000
Grant of stock option, Reduce the plan share capacity per share							1
Grant of restricted stock, Reduce the Plan share capacity per share							1.78
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share Based payments award terms of Award				10 years
Performance Based Incentive Plan for Senior Management [Member]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share Based payments award terms of Award				15 years
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures				0
Saving Plan
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Aggregate cost related to saving plan \| $				$ 5,300,000	$ 4,600,000	$ 3,800,000
Net assets invested in funds consisting common stock				5.00%	5.00%	6.00%
Director Plan SARs [Domain]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period				0
Share Based payments award terms of Award				15 years