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Article: Maryland's small capital city weighs impact of Middle East peace talks
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- November 21, 2007
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The only sign Chance Walgren has seen that a Middle East peace summit is coming to this small waterfront city is that Maryland state flags lining Main Street were replaced this week with American flags.
When hundreds of foreign dignitaries and their entourages descend on Annapolis for talks at the U.S. Naval Academy, he will be ready at the Laurance Clothing store he manages downtown if they have a matter arguably as pressing as brokering international peace.
"We don't expect to see some of them," Walgren said, "but it is not uncommon for people to come to town and grab a belt or pair of boxer shorts that they forgot."
Representatives of nearly 50 ...