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Inventories (Schedule of Capitalized Interest Costs) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2015 | Feb. 28, 2014
Interest Costs |  |  |  |
Capitalized interest at beginning of period | $ 266,668 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCosts |  | $ 216,681 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCosts |
Interest incurred | 45,003 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCostsIncurred |  | 39,280 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCostsIncurred |
Interest Expense | (5,338)us-gaap_InterestExpense |  | (11,276)us-gaap_InterestExpense |
Interest amortized to construction and land costs | (22,293)us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCostsCostOfSales |  | (17,485)us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCostsCostOfSales |
Capitalized interest at end of period | $ 284,040 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCosts | [1] | $ 227,200 us-gaap_RealEstateInventoryCapitalizedInterestCosts | [1]
[1] | Capitalized interest amounts presented in the table reflect the gross amount of capitalized interest, as inventory impairment charges recognized, if any, are not generally allocated to specific components of inventory.

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