11.   Recently, small patients advocacy groups have sprung up and are questioning the system.

12.   Rescue groups have sprung up on behalf of other breeds as various dogs have come in and out of fashion, Muir said.

13.   Sean Sullivan, president of the National Business Coalition on Health, a Washington trade association for the cooperatives, said new groups were springing up rapidly.

14.   Self-help groups sprang up.

15.   Shareholder rights groups have sprung up, meanwhile, as have proxy research services.

16.   Support groups are springing up, through hospitals, foster care groups, and organizations for AIDS and for children.

17.   The burden is so great that many support groups have sprung up, but not for the patient -- for the caregiver.

18.   These groups have sprung up this year and, circumventing campaign disclosure laws, run anonymous attack ads like the one that smeared Sen. John McCain during the primaries.

19.   Watchdog groups sprang up everywhere to protect minorities and women, guarantee safer working environments, punish sexual harassment and guard against wrongful termination.

20.   Wiccan groups are now springing up on military bases worldwide.