Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Nov. 30, 2019 |
Aug. 31, 2019 |
Nov. 30, 2018 |
Aug. 31, 2018 |
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| Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items] | ||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ 90,629 | $ 151,115 | ||
| Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax | 23,783 | 20,557 | ||
| Total shareholders’ equity | (353,253) | (301,179) | $ (537,565) | $ (558,712) |
| AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member] | ||||
| Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items] | ||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | $ 114,412 | $ 171,672 | $ 182,189 | $ 174,245 |
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- Definition AOCI - Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, net of tax No definition available.
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- Definition AOCI - Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax No definition available.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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