in hopes of, newfound, Memorandum of Understanding- MOU

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On Monday, 21-year-old Hiroko Mima, who was chosen among 4,000 candidates here, will represent Japan in hopes that the country can retain its newfound status as a beauty pageant powerhouse.


Blackstone Group co-founder Peter G. Peterson will unveil the Peter G. Peterson Foundation today and announce his plan to allocate his newfound billions to projects to increase public awareness of fiscal imbalances, Social Security deficits and nuclear proliferation, The New York Times reported.

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By Daniel Politi
Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 6:09 AM ET
USA Today and the Washington Post lead with Iraq's prime minister suggesting for the first time that he would favor establishing some sort of timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. During a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Nouri al-Maliki talked about the security pact currently being negotiated between the United States and Iraq, and said it looks like the two sides will "reach an agreement on a memorandum of understanding either for the departure of the forces or a memorandum of understanding to put a timetable on their withdrawal." The White House publicly said the statement was consistent with U.S. policy but the Bush administration has frequently spoken up against a timeline for withdrawing troops from Iraq.

米Intelと台湾TSMCがAtomの大規模拡販で戦略提携
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半導体大手の米Intelと台湾TSMCは3月2日(米国時間)、知的財産(IP)やSoC(System on Chip)ソリューション、技術プラットフォームにおける戦略提携で合意したと発表した。両社はMOU(Memorandum Of Understanding)を締結し、これに基づいてTSMCはIntelのAtomプロセッサコアを ...

memorandum (DOCUMENT)
noun [C] plural memoranda or memorandums
1 SPECIALIZED a short written report prepared specially for a person or group of people which contains information about a particular matter:
Michael Davis has prepared a memorandum outlining our need for an additional warehouse.

2 LEGAL an informal legal agreement:
The three countries have signed a memorandum pledging to work together.

おぼえ-がき 【覚え書き/覚書】

• • (1)必要な事柄を忘れないように書き留めた書きつけ。メモ。
  • • 「講義の―」
• • (2)思いつくままに書き綴ったもの。自分の評論や論文などを謙遜して、その題名につける。
  • • 「シェークスピア―」
• • (3) 〔memorandum〕(ア)外交文書のうち、略式でやりとりされる文書。一般に、宛て名や署名がない国際会議や外交交渉での論旨の要録、相手国に対す る希望や意見の伝達、条約の付帯事項や補足などに用いられる。自国の大使・公使の署名を伴うものは正式な外交文書とされる。
  • • (イ)占領期間中に、日本政府に対して連合国最高司令官が発した指令の一形式。
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Memorandum of Understanding - MOU

A legal document outlining the terms and details of an agreement between parties, including each parties requirements and responsibilities.
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The MOU is often the first stage in the formation of a formal contract. An MOU is far more formal then a handshake and is given weight in a court of law should one party fail to meet the obligations of the memorandum.


in hopes of

Also, in hopes that; in the hope of or that; in high hopes of or that. Expecting and wishing for, as in We went in hopes of finding a vacancy, or They met in the hope of bringing about a peaceful settlement. The phrases with that are used with clauses, as in In hopes that something good might come of it, he began to work, or We are in high hopes that a cure for leukemia will be found soon. [c. 1600]

new-found
adjective
[always before noun] A new-found quality or ability has started recently.
This success is a reflection of their new-found confidence.