Professor David Gordon, chairman of the Council of Heads of Medical Schools, said universities were trying to ensure people from diverse backgrounds studied medicine.

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Other speakers, like Diane Bisgeier of Mozilla, have long histories of blending the ideas of people from diverse backgrounds into products of innovation and change.

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One of the Founding Fathers and a scientist by profession, Franklin set up the club for mutual improvement to allow people from diverse backgrounds to share knowledge and propose ideas.

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Regardless of the topic, remember this: Your office is filled with people from diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and circumstances (whether you realize it or not), and they may interpret things differently than you do.

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Campaigners for a Govanhill Big Noise Centre hope it will also help bring people from diverse ethnic backgrounds together.

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We are looking for incredibly talented, entrepreneurial people from a diverse array of backgrounds and with a wide range of experiences.

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Are you reaching out to people from different functions, with different roles, and who have diverse backgrounds and experiences?

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Focused on diversity of opinions and guided by respect to freedom of speech, the staff of UNESCO in Brazil has selected a list of relevant personalities from diverse professional backgrounds, with a firm belief that this group of people has something sound and interesting to say.

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