1.   Although Foote declared himself ready for duty, doctors have not yet cleared him to play.

2.   A year after his strange ordeal began, Richard Jewell savored vindication on Capitol Hill Wednesday and declared himself ready for whatever comes next.

3.   After an hour-long practice session which included the basics of cruising, parking and backing up, my teacher declared me ready to hit the road.

4.   After a couple of minutes, Cameron declared himself ready to play.

5.   After two games with the Lakers, Rice declared himself ready to start.

6.   But Rodman did take the podium after Harris, expressed sympathy for the ousted coach and declared himself ready to play for the newly reshuffled Lakers.

7.   But now he has declared himself ready to unload it.

8.   Etc. Brian Hunter has declared himself ready to return to action the next time the Braves need him to start against a left-hander.

9.   Even Hearst, who clung to unrelenting optimism during his two-year injury ordeal, was far from declaring himself ready for action.

10.   Experts spent most of Friday examining the concrete structure and declared it ready for business.