It's a plain statement of his understanding.

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The club said in a statement that a "memorandum of understanding" has been signed and the deal is subject to a due diligence, allowing investors to request information from Man City and the Premier League.

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"The club would like to take this opportunity to thank the Russian Football Union for their understanding and cooperation, " said a statement.

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"I cannot come close to understanding his heartache, " the mayor said in a statement.

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"This means we can do things like fight spam more effectively, detect system and reliability problems more quickly, and build better features for everyone by understanding how Instagram is used, " it said in a statement.

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Viktor Gerashchenko, chairman of the Soviet Gosbank, in a statement during the BIS sessions said that the USSR had already secured an understanding from several Western central banks that it could raise hard currency in an emergency by pledging gold to be bought back at a later date.

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But a spokesman said in a statement the government and the judiciary were "determined to improve transparency and public understanding of courts".

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"It is our understanding that one of the eight connecting rods on the engine was ruled too light, " the statement said.

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The results "could help foster a new understanding of the fields of fundamental physics and astrophysics, " NASA administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement Wednesday.

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