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INCOME TAXES (Summary of Income Tax Examinations) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
United States Operations [Member] | Domestic Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2000 to 2005, 2007, 2014 to the present
California [Member] | State [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2005 and 2013 to the present
Florida [Member] | State [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2014 to the present
Aruba [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2012 to the present
Barbados [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2011 to the present
Costa Rica [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2011 to the present
Colombia [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2012 and 2014 to the present
Dominican Republic [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2011 to 2012 and 2014 to the present
El Salvador [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2009 to 2010 and 2014 to the present
Guatemala [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2009, 2012 to the present
Honduras [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2012 to the present
Jamaica [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2011 to the present
Mexico [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2012 to the present
Nicaragua [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2013 to the present
Panama [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2014 to the present
Trinidad [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2011 to the present
United States Virgin Islands [Member] | Domestic Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2001 to the present
Spain [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] |
Income Tax Examination [Line Items] |
Fiscal Years Subject to Audit | 2013 to the present

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