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Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans (Allocations Of Pension Plan Assets) (Details)	Nov. 30, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019
Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities, Target	100.00%
Foreign Plan [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	50.90%	50.40%
Equity securities, Target	53.00%
Foreign Plan [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	48.30%	48.90%
Equity securities, Target	47.00%
Foreign Plan [Member] | Other Plan Asset Categories [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	0.80%	0.70%
Equity securities, Target	0.00%
United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities, Target	100.00%
United States | Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	63.20%	63.30%
Equity securities, Target	59.00%
United States | Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	22.00%	21.50%
Equity securities, Target	23.20%
United States | Other Plan Asset Categories [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Equity securities, Actual	14.80%	15.20%
Equity securities, Target	17.80%

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
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