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Other Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Other Assets [Abstract] |
Other Assets | Other Assets Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| August 31, 2013 |  | November 30, 2012
Cash surrender value of insurance contracts | $ | 65,973 |  |  | $ | 64,757 |
Debt issuance costs (a) | 21,885 |  |  | 14,563 |
Property and equipment, net | 7,880 |  |  | 7,920 |
Prepaid expenses | 5,509 |  |  | 7,810 |
Total | $ | 101,247 |  |  | $ | 95,050 |
(a) | The increase in debt issuance costs as of August 31, 2013 compared to November 30, 2012 primarily reflected the costs associated with our underwritten public issuance of the $230 Million Convertible Senior Notes during the first quarter of 2013 and our entry into a $200.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) during the second quarter of 2013.

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