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Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2017
Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract] |
Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Outstanding |
| Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations outstanding at February 28, 2017 and August 31, 2016 are
summarized below (in thousands):
|  |  |  | February 28, |  | August 31, |
|  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| 8.250% Senior Notes due 2018 | $ | 399,029 |  | $ | 398,552 |
| 5.625% Senior Notes due 2020 |  | 396,658 |  |  | 396,212 |
| 4.700% Senior Notes due 2022 |  | 496,369 |  |  | 496,041 |
| 4.900% Senior Notes due 2023 |  | 298,450 |  |  | 298,329 |
| Borrowings under loans |  | 484,801 |  |  | 502,210 |
| Capital lease obligations |  | 27,562 |  |  | 28,478 |
| Total notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations |  | 2,102,869 |  |  | 2,119,822 |
| Less current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | capital lease obligations |  | 47,324 |  |  | 45,810 |
| Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | current installments | $ | 2,055,545 |  | $ | 2,074,012 |

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