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Computation of Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2015
Computation Of Earnings Per Share (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per common share |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 579 |  | $ | 377 |  | $ | 1,799 |  | $ | 1,365
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 283 |  |  | 303 |  |  | 284 |  |  | 312
Basic earnings per common share |  | $ | 2.05 |  | $ | 1.24 |  | $ | 6.34 |  | $ | 4.38
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 579 |  | $ | 377 |  | $ | 1,799 |  | $ | 1,365
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 283 |  |  | 303 |  |  | 284 |  |  | 312
Dilutive effect of share-based awards |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3
Weighted-average diluted shares |  |  | 287 |  |  | 307 |  |  | 288 |  |  | 315
Diluted earnings per common share |  | $ | 2.01 |  | $ | 1.23 |  | $ | 6.25 |  | $ | 4.34
Anti-dilutive options excluded from diluted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
earnings per common share |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 4.3
| (1)Net earnings available to participating securities were immaterial in all periods presented. |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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