Stock-Based Compensation (Summary Of Stock Option Weighted Average Assumptions) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2010	Aug. 31, 2009
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]
Term structure of risk-free interest rate minimum	0.18%	0.15%	0.89%
Term structure of risk-free interest rate maximum	1.88%	3.30%	3.09%
Expected life minimum (in years)	4.0	4.0	5.0
Expected life maximum (in years)	6.5	6.7	5.4
Term structure of volatility minimum	23.00%	27.00%	33.00%
Term structure of volatility maximum	35.00%	36.00%	38.00%
Dividend yield	1.25%	1.51%	2.01%
Weighted average estimated fair value	$ 24.78	$ 20.22	$ 9.39
Weighted average exercise price	$ 89.39	$ 66.35	$ 36.00
Fair value as a percentage of exercise price	27.70%	30.50%	26.10%

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The discount rate from market value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The maximum period of time an equity-based award is expected to be outstanding. An equity-based award's expected term is generally determined based on, among other factors, the instrument's contractual term and the effects of employees' expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior.

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The minimum period of time an equity-based award is expected to be outstanding. An equity-based award's expected term is generally determined based on, among other factors, the instrument's contractual term and the effects of employees' expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior.

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The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The estimated measure of the minimum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The minimum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The weighted average price as of the balance sheet date at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on stock options awarded under the plan during the reporting period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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