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The UCSF group initially handed over further development of a drug candidate to the Institute for OneWorld Health (iOWH), one of the nonprofit organizations that has sprung up to meet “downstream” drug development needs for neglected diseases (see Sidebar).
She goes on to compare this community to the virtual communities, such as the Well, that have sprung up on the Internet--and about which she herself has written admiringly.
Archaeological sites: Mini-tourist markets have sprung up around most of the major archaeological sites, and they all sell much the same items but prices are likely to be higher than at the larger bazaars.
It might have sprung from Starr's office; from Currie's lawyer (in which case it would not be illegal); or from Clinton's team, which could have found out about Currie's testimony from her lawyer.
The picture has one of the oldest pulp plots in the business, last used to rousing effect in John Carpenter's Escape From New York (1981): A convict is sprung from prison, promised liberty by an untrustworthy government in return for accomplishing a morally ambiguous task that no one else can do, given a strict deadline, and ruthlessly monitored by his ex-captors.