Word: beans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kinds of students--from die-hard preppies to rugged mountain climbers, and from the merely curious to the nomadic--have made the three-hour trip north from Boston. Many choose the wee hours of the morning for the scenic drive and find Bean's open and doing business 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Store hours haven't changed since 1951. There aren't even locks on the doors...
...Harraseeket Inn, a lodging just down the street from Bean's, acting manager Penny Gray describes it differently. "They buy a tent, but what they really buy is a [rugged] state of mind...
...state of mind isn't the only commodity available in Freeport. Although Bean's is the only store open all night long, the town now boasts a daytime line-up that might make even Manhattan proud...
...outlet stores, including one corner of Bean's, sell slightly defective merchandise that sell quickly at considerably reduced prices...
...part of Bean's that is its factory store, $76 hunting shoes go for $50, a $42 sweater for $25, and a $36 shirt for $27. But the prices don't seem to be what attract college students to the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night...