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Computation of Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2015
Computation Of Earnings Per Share (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per common share |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) | $ | 691 |  | $ | 653
Weighted-average common shares |  | 282 |  |  | 285
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 2.45 |  | $ | 2.29
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) | $ | 691 |  | $ | 653
Weighted-average common shares |  | 282 |  |  | 285
Dilutive effect of share-based awards |  | 4 |  |  | 4
Weighted-average diluted shares |  | 286 |  |  | 289
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 2.42 |  | $ | 2.26
Anti-dilutive options excluded from diluted |  |  |  |  |
| earnings per common share |  | 3.5 |  |  | 2.1
(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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