With respect to this latter point two comments are apposite.
Indeed, widespread feelings of insecurity can be observed amongst the populations in both mainland China and Hong Kong arising from the ongoing economic and political developments and confusion over what patterns of behavior are apposite in today's changing circumstances.
He is referring to the emotions of the saints, but the words are apposite to the reactions of a modern audience, because watching Dole or Clinton cry is voluptuously gratifying to the spectators.
Lamont's comments on the paradoxical mysteries of Victorian London are apposite; a place whose "sheer scale... meant that most of it was invisible to observers, and what could not be seen could only be imagined".
Many of his ideas, such as the virtues of tempering oligarchy with democracy and the foolishness of a life devoted to making money, are apposite to life in the 21st century.
There are any number of masterpieces by him one could include, but the Slavonic Dances are apposite – they are glorious miniatures and were crucial in giving the Prague-based composer, who was already in his late 30s, international status.
