As it is, I have a full schedule of interviews, chats, lunches and after-hour parties to keep me busy and hopefully allow me to uncover some interesting stories.

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One of the main issues has been whether top players will compete in the Olympics when they already have a full schedule, but superstar Tiger Woods indicated on Tuesday he would play.

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To put his scoring outburst (relatively speaking) into context, consider the following: Since the NHL returned from its lockout in 2005, eight players have played a full 82-game schedule without scoring a goal, Salvador among them.

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Again, we have -- what I outlined is a very busy Senate schedule, made more difficult by the fact that we don't have a full Senate at the moment.

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And as they improve, the machine-based tutoring technologies will become good enough for those who could or would have paid full price or changed up their schedule to connect with a human tutor, such that machine-based tutoring may well be the norm for many of us as a prime mode of learning in the future.

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Now, both sides have admitted that a full compliment of games in the form of an 82-game schedule remains a distinct possibility.

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We will then have the offseason to speculate whether or not the Earthquakes can pull off the rare repeat in 2012 despite a schedule full of US Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League matches.

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