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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |
|  |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Foreign currency translation gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (253) |  | $ | 81 |  | $ | 106
| Translation adjustments |  |  | (261) |  |  | (334) |  |  | (25)
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (514) |  |  | (253) |  |  | 81
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 425 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 501
| Prior service credit and other arising during period |  |  | (4) |  |  | 72 |  |  | 1
| Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (76) |  |  | (72) |  |  | (77)
| Balance at end of period |  |  | 345 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 425
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| income at end of period |  | $ | (169) |  | $ | 172 |  | $ | 506
|  |  |  | Amount Reclassified from |  | Affected Line Item in the |
|  |  |  | AOCI |  | Income Statement |
|  |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  |  |
Amortization of retirement plans prior |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | service credits, before tax |  | $ | 121 |  | $ | 115 |  | $ | 115 |  | Salaries and employee benefits |
Income tax benefit |  |  | (45) |  |  | (43) |  |  | (38) |  | Provision for income taxes |
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 76 |  | $ | 72 |  | $ | 77 |  | Net income |

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