1.   At every stage new groups of showmen sprang up out of the maelstrom of society.

2.   Armed groups sprang up on the right and the left.

3.   Bruce Siegal of the Atlanta-based Collegiate Licensing Company said student groups have sprung up at Michigan, Notre Dame, Illinois and elsewhere.

4.   But two groups sprang into action after the ruling.

5.   Fort Hood sanctioned Wicca three years ago by providing space for rituals, and Wiccan groups now are springing up on U.S. military bases worldwide.

6.   It has become such a problem that activist groups have sprung up across the country specifically directed at keeping guns out of the hands of kids.

7.   Myriad groups have sprung up to bolster feminist causes.

8.   Patient advocacy groups have sprung up to lobby to increase support for cancer and to influence how the money is spent.

9.   Other groups may spring up informally when a member of a congregation becomes ill, for example.

10.   Others have complained at meetings and hearings in the New York, Texas and Connecticut Legislatures, and patient-support groups have sprung up all over the country.