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Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Estimated Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments and Location on Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 6 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Cash Flow Hedging |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Derivative Maturity Month And Year | 2015-02 |
Us Dollar [Member] | Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging [Member] |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Derivative Maturity Month And Year | 2016-02 |
Maximum | Interest rate swaps | Cash Flow Hedging |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Derivative Maturity Month And Year | 2025-03 |
Fuel Derivatives Twenty Eighteen Maturity Jan Twenty Fourteen Transaction [Domain] |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Derivative Inception Month And Year | 2014-01 | [1]
Maturing In July Twenty Seventeen [Member] | Maximum | Net Investment Hedging [Member] |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Maturity Of Foreign Currency Derivatives Month And Year | 2017-07 |
[1] | Fuel derivatives mature evenly over each month within the above fiscal periods.

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