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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |
|  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Foreign currency translation gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 23 |  | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 102 |
| Translation adjustments |  |  | (122) |  |  |  | 45 |  |  | (153) |  |  |  | (34) |
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (76) |  |  |  | 68 |  |  | (76) |  |  |  | 68 |
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  |  | (3,740) |  |  |  | (3,880) |  |  | (3,771) |  |  |  | (3,922) |
| Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 85 |
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (3,711) |  |  |  | (3,837) |  |  | (3,711) |  |  |  | (3,837) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss at |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| end of period |  | $ | (3,787) |  |  | $ | (3,769) |  | $ | (3,787) |  |  | $ | (3,769) |
Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
|  |  | Amount Reclassified from |  |  | Affected Line Item in the
|  |  | AOCI |  |  | Income Statement
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |  |  |  |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  |  |  |
Retirement plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Amortization of |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | actuarial losses and other | $ | (75) |  | $ | (97) |  | $ | (153) |  | $ | (192) |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
| Amortization of prior |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | service credits |  | 29 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 57 |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
Total before tax |  | (46) |  |  | (68) |  |  | (95) |  |  | (135) |  |  |  |
| Income tax benefit |  | 17 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 50 |  |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| net of tax | $ | (29) |  | $ | (43) |  | $ | (60) |  | $ | (85) |  |  | Net income

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