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Computation of Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Computation Of Earnings Per Share (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per common share |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) | $ | 2,093 |  | $ | 1,558 |  | $ | 2,029
Weighted-average common shares |  | 307 |  |  | 315 |  |  | 315
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 6.82 |  | $ | 4.95 |  | $ | 6.44
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) | $ | 2,093 |  | $ | 1,558 |  | $ | 2,029
Weighted-average common shares |  | 307 |  |  | 315 |  |  | 315
Dilutive effect of share-based awards |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2
Weighted-average diluted shares |  | 310 |  |  | 317 |  |  | 317
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 6.75 |  | $ | 4.91 |  | $ | 6.41
Anti-dilutive options excluded from diluted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| earnings per common share |  | 3.3 |  |  | 11.1 |  |  | 12.6
(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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