Word: unfoldment
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...their experiments, the researchers induced serum blobulin molecules 1) to "unfold" their structures by treatment with heat or alkalis in the presence of antigens, 2) then to fold up again. The researchers believe that the antigen influences the molecule to assume a modified structure in the flask, just as it would in the blood stream...
Rings, Bells, Blocks. Dr. Gesell discovered that all infants unfold in a strict pattern of activity. He developed a number of delicate tests which normal babies should be able to pass at a given age. If a baby deviates from the biological schedule, Dr. Gesell claims that a doctor can tell that something is wrong. The tests take only ten to 20 minutes, can be easily mastered by all doctors. They require such simple equipment as colored rings, a rattle, blocks, a pellet and bottle, a bell, a string, paper and crayon, etc. A few examples of normal behavior...
...sometimes merely chatting, sometimes bursting out with hidden longings, or even "killing each other." Somehow acting integrates broken fragments of a split personality. A patient who is obsessed by death, for example, may forget his terrors when he acts the part of a grocer or salesman. The little dramas unfold as spontaneously as children playing...
...accompanied Willkie on his travels saw the incredible story unfold. Some of them became as hardened to fabulous occurrences as a magician's assistant. Some, refusing to believe, fixed their eyes only on the polls and political indexes...
...dent was widened to a pocket. The pocket became a bulge when other columns crushed through: below Namur near Dinant, Givet, Mèziéres; above Namur at Gembloux. Flinging power behind power to the full extent of their resources. Hitler's generals watched their plans unfold...