This leads to the formation of amorphous phase, liquid at this temperature, which serves as a unifying element in the array.
All of the major university buildings were constructed using local grey limestone, which serves as a unifying element.
A focus on the protection of the individual and not the state would serve as a unifying factor.
"It serves as a unifying factor in our community," Basil M. Russo, the national president of the Order Italian Sons and Daughters of America, said in an interview on Thursday.
Mr. Green reiterated his goal to serve as a unifying force for a city often divided along racial and ethnic lines.
Obama has such bipartisan instincts and is such a measured and articulate man, that one would hope that he could serve as a unifying figure.
Its success at negotiating a tentative settlement between the militias after four days of fighting that left at least 13 dead was lauded as a model for the building of a new army that can serve as a unifying force.
Mr. Obama has talked this week of his hope that the successful raid on the compound where Bin Laden was hiding could serve as a unifying force in a country divided by battles over fiscal policy and many other issues.
And it could well serve as a unifying force at Erasmus, which in 1994 was reorganized and divided into five separate, smaller schools because of its history of academic struggles.
These two new projects should be seen as parts of a loosely defined whole: a new river city, with two waterfronts, in which the East River will serve as a unifying public space, an aquatic Central Park.
While some in the administration argue that the king, who has lived in Italy for more than a quarter century, would serve as a unifying force among Afghanistan's fractious tribes, he might also be regarded as a hapless puppet.
