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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2016
Mar. 01, 2015
Pension Benefits [Member]    
Net periodic benefit cost (income):    
Service cost $ 2,058 $ 2,128
Interest cost [1] 9,472 11,840
Expected return on plan assets (12,134) (12,717)
Amortization of prior service benefit (15) (16)
Amortization of actuarial loss 3,007 3,160
Curtailment loss 0 335
Net periodic benefit cost 2,388 4,730
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss:    
Actuarial gain (loss) 152 0
Amortization of prior service benefit 15 16
Amortization of actuarial loss (3,007) (3,160)
Curtailment loss 0 (335)
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss (2,840) (3,479)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive loss (452) 1,251
Postretirement Benefits [Member]    
Net periodic benefit cost (income):    
Service cost 50 63
Interest cost [1] 806 1,147
Expected return on plan assets 0 0
Amortization of prior service benefit 0 0
Amortization of actuarial loss 742 1,128
Curtailment loss 0 0
Net periodic benefit cost 1,598 2,338
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss:    
Actuarial gain (loss) 0 0
Amortization of prior service benefit 0 0
Amortization of actuarial loss (742) (1,128)
Curtailment loss 0 0
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss (742) (1,128)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive loss $ 856 $ 1,210
[1] The decrease in interest cost is primarily due to the election made at the end of 2015 to adopt the spot-rate approach to determine the interest cost component of pension and postretirement expense.