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	Nov. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
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Common shares available for grant		8,000,000
Stock option plan, additional shares authorized	3,000,000
Cash received from stock options exercised		$ 180	$ 230	$ 86
Additional compensation expense, target cap		150.00%
Deferred Stock Units for Nonemployee Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors granted		13,000
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors reinvested dividends		6,000
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors distributed		16,000
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors granted weighted average fair value on grant date		$ 126.65
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors reinvested weighted average fair value on grant date		124.03
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors distributed weighted average fair value on grant date		$ 62.70
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors outstanding		244,000
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors outstanding weighted average fair value on grant date		$ 71.13
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Intrinsic value of options exercised		$ 142	$ 140	$ 42
Vesting period		4 years
Expiration period		10 years
Unrecognized compensation cost		$ 16
Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted-average period for recognition		1 year
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted-average period for recognition		1 year
Weighted-average grant date fair value		$ 128.91	$ 95.67	$ 89.25
Nonvested awards outstanding		13,000	18,000
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share of nonvested awards		$ 108	$ 91
Awards vested		9,000
Fair value of shares vested		$ 1	$ 1	$ 1
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Restricted Stock [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		4 years
Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted-average period for recognition		1 year
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Awards vested		354,000
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share of vested awards		$ 72.11
Fair value of shares vested		$ 26	$ 24	$ 0
Vested awards paid by the issuance of shares		25
Vested stock awards deferred		$ 1