"I set that joke up to be like one of the funniest jokes ever," Dante, now 16, tells "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" After his lesson with Leno, Dante took to the "Oprah Show" stage ready to crack up the live audience ― but it wasn't just his joke-telling that charmed the crowd.
French drinks firm, Pernod Ricard, is ready to crack open the champagne after outbidding rivals to buy Absolut Vodka maker, Vin & Sprit.
WASHINGTON -- Is the District of Columbia government getting ready to crack down on the city's vibrant and beloved food truck scene?
After fourteen days of that horrific withdrawal, in tandem with the 23-hour lock up period, I was ready to crack up at the sheer inhumanity of it.
"I fail to understand why the governor, when we've just begun to dig ourselves out, is standing over us with a shovel ready to crack us on the head and bury us again," she said.
Newly appointed Iraqi officials said at news conferences that they were ready to crack down hard on the insurgency after June 30.
"Is the market ready to crack right now?
It's where we go to share fresh Dungeness crab, steamed on the spot, ready to crack open on yesterday's newspaper spread over a picnic table — or cedar-planked wild salmon served with a glass of Oregon Pinot on a starched white tablecloth.
Well, that's a tough old heart, and I'm not sure the Chinese are ready to crack it yet.
In order to be near him without his recognizing her, she wears different disguises — the most amazing of which is her impersonation of a Kim Jong-il impersonator — until the novel's opening scene, when she meets him in a Washington Laundromat to warn him that the government is getting ready to crack down on his operation.
