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LeBlanc began working on this classic of nonfiction reportage while covering the story of a Bronx heroin dealer for Newsday.

LeBlanc never moves her camera away from the ground level; there are no policy prescriptions, no litanies of statistics and no melodramatic statements about pity or persistence.

"In the interim, the leaders agreed that conversations between the Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King's Privy Council for Canada, Dominic LeBlanc, and the United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, will intensify to address immediate concerns," the statement said.

The show was vying for a spot on the schedule at a time when NBC had lost its mega-hit “Friends” and had pinned its hopes on “Joey,” a spin-off featuring Matt LeBlanc that struggled to get through two seasons.

The meeting will also be attended by Canada's Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.