1.   And nothing spurs innovation like competition.

2.   And Ridge likens his drive to spur technological innovation to the government-industry effort that led to the national production boom after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

3.   Environmental groups contend that no other cars are as clean and that the pressure on auto companies to develop electric vehicles had spurred innovation.

4.   Even some big drug companies, which normally preach the importance of patents for spurring innovation, have expressed concern about the ramifications of patenting genes.

5.   Karaoke is even spurring innovation outside electronics.

6.   Peck, the S.G. Cowen analyst, said Intel has made hundreds of investments in small companies to try to spur innovation.

7.   Supporters claimed the bill would restore fairness to the American legal system and spur innovation.

8.   Surely capitalism does spur artistic innovation.

9.   The expectation is that fiercer competition will spur innovation and ultimately lower the costs to consumers.

10.   The idea was to harness market competition to control costs and spur innovation.