In the end Christie's chief auctioneer awarded "Reflection" to Mr Porter's telephone bidder for $10.2m, even though Mr Jopling offered a bid just as the hammer was coming down.
This early success for Frears's film is further reflection of an awards body eager to reward a lighter movie – it also picked up nods for Streep, Hugh Grant and supporting actor Simon Helberg.
As much as the company worries about women in science, it cares a great deal more about the positive reflection of the awards on its brands.
In such cases the CI % scores have been retained in Figure 1 and Table 1 to give a more accurate reflection of CI % awarded in that year group, but were excluded from Figures 2 and 3 and Tables 2 and 3 where correlation between year 1 and year 2 scores or a change in CI % scores from year 1 to year 2 are shown.
The winners for each category will be announced on Sunday 24 April, and the strong Leicester presence on the shortlist for the men's award is a reflection of the league leaders' improbable season, which has already seen them secure Champions League qualification.
In Rocking the Boat (1962), Reflections upon a Sinking Ship (1969), The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976 82) (1982), United States: Essays, 1952 1992 (1993; National Book Award), Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia (2004), and other essay collections, Vidal incisively analyzed contemporary American politics and government.
The awards are a reflection of the highest standard of journalism in UK national newspapers and are admired across the globe.
Matthew Wilder and David Zippel were nominated that year for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Reflection".
It could be that the glut of large-money prizes is simply a reflection of a broader wave of award-giving in the American culture.
Diana Athill published her previous memoir, a Costa award-winning, and bestselling, reflection on ageing and death, at the age of 90.
