Word: ley
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...Some theories are even more inventive. In the 1920s, a Brit named Alfred Watkins attempted to connect Stonehenge with other sites in England, arguing that when taken together, they served as landmarks to navigate through the island once dense, now vanished, ancient forest. He called these routes "ley lines" and the theory developed a sizable following, though trained archaeologists were dubious about this amateur's theory. Another hypothesis is that the configuration is meant to resemble a giant vulva, as a means of tribute to an ancient fertility god. Others argue that Stonehenge was a place of ancient healing...
According to his longtime friend and professor at the Washington University School of Medicine Timothy J. Ley, Korsmeyer published over 300 papers in scientific journals, and his work has been cited more than 46,000 times in other medical literature...
...Ley recalled their shared childhood in rural Illinois and the “principle of excellence” for which Korsmeyer stood, even as a child...
...Ley recounted the story of a Korsmeyer family trip to the Corn Palace in South Dakota, where Korsmeyer, the son of a livestock farmer, spied a one-ton concrete pig. Korsmeyer, by then the father of two boys, shipped the pig home—“by ground, because pigs don’t fly”—and set it up in his yard as a “symbol of pride in his humble roots...
...Ley recalled their shared childhood in rural Illinois, and the “principle of excellence” for which Korsmeyer stood, even as a child...