At the time, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas criticized Mr. Clinton's "litany of spending programs".
"The litany of spending programs the President announced tonight proves my point that if you leave a large surplus in Washington, the money will be spent on bigger government," Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the Republican presidential front-runner, said in a statement.
He skipped the traditional litany of new programs common in such speeches but spoke on broad generalities about goals and themes that formed the backbone of his presidential campaign.
As the Web and its content distribution and communication channels have matured, a litany of language learning programs, apps and startups have emerged, utilizing these new tools and technologies to revolutionize the way we learn to speak a new language.
"Chinese cultural companies have yet to produce a world-famous brand," that commentary groused, offering a litany of shortcomings: China's television programs have an "embarrassing" export record; its total published literature does not approach the output of a single German firm, Bertelsmann.
"Ben Moore wrote one of the most beautiful Irish ballads I could want to sing," Mr. White said in a litany of praise for every song on the program.
But the ad ignores the litany of audit requirements on the state's healthcare program for low-income residents.
After Bloomberg unleashed a litany of criticism about the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, program host Margaret Brennan told him: "It sounds like you're saying he's not doing the job that he should be doing".
His litany of good will groups (Latino youth, all the AIDS programs, Community Gardens, City Kids) and local lures (the pizza) is terrific bravura stuff, performed by Christopher Liam Moore, the star of this occasion.
