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Earnings per Share - Antidilution (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015	May. 31, 2014
Employee and Directors stock options
Antidilutive securities, as a result of out of the money
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	197	233

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Glossary Antidilution



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification



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