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Retirement Benefits - Summary of Company's Pension Benefits and Medical and Life Insurance Benefits Footnote (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Pension benefit obligation, non-qualified plan $ 20,400,000gy_DefinedBenefitPlanUnfundedLiability $ 18,500,000gy_DefinedBenefitPlanUnfundedLiability
Medicare Part D Subsidy [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Benefits paid for medical and life benefits 200,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitsPaid
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= gy_MedicarePartDSubsidyMember
400,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitsPaid
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= gy_MedicarePartDSubsidyMember
Pension Benefits [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Benefits paid for medical and life benefits 134,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitsPaid
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= us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
[1] 136,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitsPaid
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
[1]
Pension plan, lump sum present value, less than $ 25,000gy_DefinedBenefitPlanSettlementsPlanAssetsPresentValue
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= us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
 
[1] Benefits paid for medical and life insurance benefits are net of the Medicare Part D Subsidy of $0.2 million and $0.4 million received in fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively.