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|**LONG-TERM DEBT AND INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT (Note)**                                                            | 9 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|**LONG TERM DEBT AND INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT [Abstract]**                                                        | Â                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|LONG-TERM DEBT AND INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT                                                                       | LONG-TERM DEBT AND INTEREST RATE AGREEMENTOnDecember 18, 2007, the Company entered intoa five-year multicurrency revolving credit agreement (“Credit Facility”) with a group of financial institutionsunder which it may borrow up to$250,000under a selection of currenciesand rate formulas.  The Credit Facilityinterest rate is based upon, at the Company’s election, either a defined Base Rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus or minus applicable margins.Commitment fees, letter of credit fees and other fees are also payable as provided in the Credit Facility.AtAugust 27, 2011, there were no borrowings outstanding on the Credit Facility.  The Credit Facility includes a$75,000letter of credit subline, against which$16,012and$16,031in letters of credit had been issued atAugust 27, 2011andNovember 27, 2010, respectively.The Company’s significant accounting policies for derivative instruments are described in Note A of the2010Form 10-K.  OnJanuary 2, 2008,the Company entered into a fixed rate interest swap agreement to manage its interest rate exposure on certain amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility.  The interest rate agreement expiredJanuary 1, 2010.The interest rate agreement provided for the Company to receive interest at floating rates based on LIBOR and pay a 3.93% fixed interest rate plus an applicable margin on a notional amountof$100,000.  Payments pursuant to the interest rate agreement were settled on a net basis quarterly. Hedge accounting was not applied to the fixed rate interest swap agreement and therefore, unrealized gains or losses were recorded in interest expense in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings.  Periodic settlement payments or receipts were recorded as a component of cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows.The following table reflects the unrealized losses and net settlement payments on the fixed rate interest swap agreement for the quarter andnine months endedAugust 28, 2010.Quarter EndedNine Months EndedDerivatives Not Designated as Hedging InstrumentsAugust 28, 2010August 28, 2010Unrealized losses from fixed rate interest swap agreement included in interest expense$—$—Net settlement payments from fixed rate interest swap agreement included in cash flows from operating activities—961
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|Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Unrealized losses from fixed rate interest swap agreement included in interest expense                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Net settlement payments from fixed rate interest swap agreement included in cash flows from operating activities |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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