Word: nini
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thus his prices high, Higgins says. He defends the store against the accusation so many customers level at it--that it takes unfair advantage of its monopoly on late-night business to keep prices unnecessarily high. "There's a lot of competition," he insists, pointing to Sage's and Nini's Corner, the main daytime rivals. "You charge because it costs you money to stay open--any other store here would do the same...
...ghost haunts Marianna in a rather benign way; he loves her, even haunts her with a purer, more romantic love than the one offered by her living (and drippy) beau who totes a camera and nasally announces his affection. Indeed, Marianna's sister, played by Nini Pitts, seems more frightened of the spectre than does Marianna. Rather, Marianna is victimized by her visions of romance which cling to her and draw her from her sleep. How such notions could possibly threaten her, we do not know; nor are we shown why she is so enamoured of Marion. For Marianna seems...
...inopportune thunderstorm. Too burnt to boogey. Driven into Nini's Corner, and if you don't feel like talking about the puppies out at wonderland with the man behind the counter, you end up scanning the racks. And there, past. The Boston Review and before Esquire, sits the "Fashion for Men," magazine thick and glossy and magnificently overproduced. On the cover is a wind-blown, rough-and-ready type nuzzling what appears to be an independently wealthy woman, Beneath the logo is the word "Adventure!"; further down, "Summer Stvies on Safari...
...Steven Kelly, manager of the adjacent Nini's Corner newsstand, said business had picked up "just a little...