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CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term debt, including the deferred gain from the termination of the interest rate swaps
Long-term debt, including the deferred gain from the termination of the interest rate swaps, was as follows: 
(in thousands)
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate as of February 29, 2016
 
February 29, 2016
 
August 31, 2015
2023 Notes
 
4.875%
 
$
330,000

 
$
330,000

2018 Notes
 
6.40%
 
411,186

 
513,680

2017 Notes
 
5.74%
 
304,087

 
405,573

Other, including equipment notes
 
 
 
37,404

 
38,739

 
 
 
 
1,082,677

 
1,287,992

Less current maturities
 
 
 
10,845

 
10,110

 
 
 
 
$
1,071,832

 
$
1,277,882

 

Interest on these notes is payable semiannually.