But no one, it seemed, had figured out how to make all these disparate elements actually work together on stage.

America's response to terrorism will be a blend of disparate elements.

How, then, might I consider the relationships between the disparate elements?

All the disparate elements of it had been woven together brilliantly.

As such, highly disparate elements brought together to stir up emotions and thoughts are to be expected.

But the show stops short, and what's left are disparate elements.

Soon enough, the disparate elements which made up the huge crowd had separated themselves out.

Do these disparate elements hang together in any truly compelling way?

It's all the disparate elements combined that speak to the moment.

Odd, really, given the disparate elements it was made of.