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Quarterly Financial Data - Additional information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012 Shareholder
Class A Common Stock [Member]
Number of stockholders	433
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Number of stockholders	109

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Number of stockholders.

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