1.   The minority population became more vociferous in its demands.

2.   And these results have come increasingly under fire as the population becomes more diverse.

3.   And the population has become more transient.

4.   As Hispanic populations become more diverse, increasingly there is the question of whether the candidate can cross over to other Hispanic subgroups.

5.   As the elderly population becomes more diverse, these trends will grow in importance.

6.   At the same time, the inmate population is becoming more middle-aged, so wardens envision a future of caring for more of the infirm.

7.   Biologists now agree that most new species arise when populations become geographically isolated from one another and slowly accumulate differences until they can no longer interbreed.

8.   -- The student population is becoming older, because older students and married couples prefer apartments.

9.   But in recent years some of those gains have been reversed even as the U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse.

10.   Computer calculations of the infusion of new genes will determine how diverse the population is becoming.