My second reflection relates to the technique of recovery itself.
And that leads me to my second reflection.
My first, personal, reflection is to give thanks that my own father, who migrated from Odessa, Russia, to London, had the sense, after sojourning there, to continue on to New York City.
His philosophy when he puts together an outfit, he explained, is that "if, upon first reflection, you look at it and say it clashes, then I've accomplished my goal".
Okay, there's the first reflection, the second reflection, the third reflection, the fourth reflection, everybody see? Between the top and the bottom.
The pattern we saw, if we had only every other one, was here the direct beam, first reflection, second reflection, third reflection, fourth reflection.
Okay, here's the first reflection — can we see that, if we have all three.
How about the first reflection there, is that going to be strong?
That's what would've been the first reflection if we didn't have the intermediate one.
The first reflection of this trend in the postal sphere was the establishment of efficient national systems of relay posts under the control of the state.
