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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 28, 2011

General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

In the three and nine months ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010, net pension and postretirement costs included the following:

Employee Benefit Plans (Three Months Ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010)

		Pension Benefits																U.S. Postretirement Benefits
		U.S. Plan								Non-U.S. Plans
(In thousands)		2011				2010				2011				2010				2011				2010
Service cost		$	942			$	908			$	92			$	94			$	18			$	21
Interest cost		2,841				2,908				568				564				56				52
Expected return on plan assets		(3,098		)		(2,844		)		(483		)		(398		)		(6		)		(7		)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		11				13				50				69				14				5
Curtailment		—				1				—				—				—				—
Amortization of unrecognized net transition obligation		—				—				—				—				12				12
Amortization of accumulated loss		2,495				2,685				4				(35		)		27				6
Net periodic cost		$	3,191			$	3,671			$	231			$	294			$	121			$	89

Employee Benefit Plans (Nine Months Ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010)

		Pension Benefits																U.S. Postretirement Benefits
		U.S. Plan								Non-U.S. Plans
(In thousands)		2011				2010				2011				2010				2011				2010
Service cost		$	2,826			$	2,724			$	276			$	282			$	54			$	63
Interest cost		8,523				8,724				1,704				1,692				168				156
Expected return on plan assets		(9,294		)		(8,532		)		(1,449		)		(1,194		)		(18		)		(21		)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		33				39				150				207				42				15
Curtailment		—				3				—				—				—				—
Amortization of unrecognized net transition obligation		—				—				—				—				36				36
Amortization of accumulated loss		7,485				8,055				12				(105		)		81				18
Net periodic cost		$	9,573			$	11,013			$	693			$	882			$	363			$	267

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Publisher FASB
-Number
-Article
-Subparagraph (h)
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Paragraph 1
-Section 50
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6962843&loc=d3e1928-114920

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