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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis and Categorized using Fair Value Hierarchy (Detail) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Nov. 30, 2012 | May 31, 2012
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | $ 121,964 | $ 125,645
U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 20,938 | 19,865
Foreign bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 42 | 39
Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 191 | 344
Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 2,109 | 2,649
Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 1,544 | 1,095
Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 29,333 | 26,110
Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 22,622 | 17,074
Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 44,117 | 39,283
Foreign currency forward contract |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (2,567) | (1,356)
Cross-currency swap |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (10,638) | (2,159)
Investment in Kemrock convertible debt |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 14,273 | 13,670
Conversion option, Kemrock 5.5% bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis |  | 9,031
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 30,877 | 27,205
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 1,544 | 1,095
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 29,333 | 26,110
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 91,087 | 89,409
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 20,938 | 19,865
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 42 | 39
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 191 | 344
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 2,109 | 2,649
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 22,622 | 17,074
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 44,117 | 39,283
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency forward contract |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (2,567) | (1,356)
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Cross-currency swap |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (10,638) | (2,159)
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Investment in Kemrock convertible debt |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 14,273 | 13,670
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value |  | 9,031
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Conversion option, Kemrock 5.5% bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis |  | $ 9,031

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- Definition Disclosure of assets and liabilities, including financial instruments measured at fair value, on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References No definition available. + Details
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