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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Foreign currency translation gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (76) |  |  | $ | 68 |  | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 102 |
| Translation adjustments |  |  | (152) |  |  |  | (30) |  |  | (305) |  |  |  | (64) |
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (228) |  |  |  | 38 |  |  | (228) |  |  |  | 38 |
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  |  | (3,711) |  |  |  | (3,837) |  |  | (3,771) |  |  |  | (3,922) |
| Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 45 |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | 130 |
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (3,681) |  |  |  | (3,792) |  |  | (3,681) |  |  |  | (3,792) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss at |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| end of period |  | $ | (3,909) |  |  | $ | (3,754) |  | $ | (3,909) |  |  | $ | (3,754) |
Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
|  |  | Amount Reclassified from |  |  | Affected Line Item in the
|  |  | AOCI |  |  | Income Statement
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |  |  |  |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  |  |  |
Retirement plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Amortization of |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | actuarial losses and other | $ | (76) |  | $ | (98) |  | $ | (229) |  | $ | (290) |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
| Amortization of prior |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | service credits |  | 28 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 85 |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
Total before tax |  | (48) |  |  | (70) |  |  | (143) |  |  | (205) |  |  |  |
| Income tax benefit |  | 18 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 75 |  |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| net of tax | $ | (30) |  | $ | (45) |  | $ | (90) |  | $ | (130) |  |  | Net income

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