The arrogance in that remark seemed an apt commentary on a humbled G.M. and a humbled nation.

There is change afoot in the White House, and the nature of it is an apt commentary on the shift from the culture of one presidency to the culture of another, on the disparate nuances of different administrations.

Retired is an apt commentary, for the urge to protest seems generally spent.

Shakespeare on Love When he wasn't out cavorting with Gwyneth Paltrow, William Shakespeare wrote some sonnets that turn out to be apt commentary on the tabloids continuing examination of the pain and promise of celebrity love.

Within the hyperbolic context of satire, it was a fairly apt commentary on Mr. Berlusconi's outsize ambitions.

It's an apt commentary on our culture that gloomy Jelinek is probably best known for the film of her novel The Piano Teacher.

A more apt commentary appears on the LAT op-ed page in the form of a cartoon depicting a reporter asking President Clinton at a press conference, "How do we know these attacks aren't meant to distract us from distracting the country?"

This is Mr. Korder's apt commentary on our movie madness, the fact that everyone has a script or a film idea to peddle.

A voice at a cash register offstage repeatedly makes the pronouncement "void," a premature but apt critical commentary on the show to follow.

Most of your invited artists superimposed anthropomorphic themes on the facade, images that provide an apt commentary on an edifice whose architect neglected to accommodate fully the human being within.