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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014	May 31, 2014 Pension Plans	Feb. 28, 2014 United States Pension Plan	Feb. 28, 2014 United Kingdom Pension Plan
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) [Line Items]
Pension Contributions		$ 4,600,000	$ 3,300,000	$ 1,000,000
Defined benefit plan lump sum payments triggering partial settlement, amount	$ 5.4

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The amount of cash or cash equivalents contributed by the entity to fund its pension plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 25

-Subparagraph (g)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3536-108585

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