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Quarterly Result of Operations (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015 | May. 31, 2015 | May. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Provision for deferred income taxes on unremitted foreign earnings | $ 106,227 | $ 106,227 | $ 2,500

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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to repatriation of foreign earnings. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32687-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319 + Details
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