Long-Term Debt - Narrative - Senior Secured Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2013	Nov. 30, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest in subsidiary		100.00%
7.125% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured notes, bearing interest at 7.125% per annum, interest payments due in March and September, maturing in March 2021	$ 460,000,000.0
Debentures price range	100.00%
Redemption period	12 months
Redemption price rate on principal amount	35.00%
Redemption price percentage of aggregate principal amount	107.125%
Percentage of ownership interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Debt instrument repurchase price rate on principal amount	101.00%
Percentage of ownership interest	25.00%

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Debt Instrument Repurchase Price Rate On Principal Amount

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Percentage Of Ownership Interests

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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