But the president's plans to get a more ethnically diverse section of people from disadvantaged estates into France's notoriously elitist top graduate schools, civil service, political parties and the media was greeted with caution by equality campaigners who said they would judge Sarkozy on his results.
The Black Widow Band features a diverse horn section.
In a city where love of the unconventional is almost religion, the women have attracted a dedicated following that slices a diverse cross section of the population.
He also began the university seminar, an interdisciplinary course created by professors from at least two divisions for a diverse cross section of students.
The show's eight mums came from a diverse cross section of Jewish life, from secular to strictly Orthodox and from across Britain and Ireland.
The participants, a diverse cross section of Americans between the ages of 18 and 101, listed all of the upsetting life events they had experienced before entering the study and any new ones that hit along the way.
The 25 participants from the United States and Canada represented a diverse cross section of higher learning institutions, from community colleges to research universities, and they included geology faculty who teach introductory non-major classes (both large and small), laboratories, discipline-specific upper-division courses, and graduate seminars.
And if one thing is clear, veterans represent a diverse cross section of America.
Clinton's highly anticipated announcement video, called "Getting Started," at first features appearances from a diverse cross section of working class Americans.
I can't imagine what it takes to huck yourself down the face of a 25-foot bomb without hesitation, but it was interesting finding a diverse cross section of people who share that common characteristic.
