Norway boss Egil Olsen, the former Wimbledon manager, admitted he had been surprised at how good Ireland were.

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Blackburn boss Graeme Souness chose to start with a packed midfield, with Egil Ostenstad again playing as a lone striker.

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The philosophy extended to Norwegian soccer under another disciple, Egil Olsen and Norway reached the World Cup Finals in 1994 and 1990.

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In contrast the Dons will be looking to capitalise on Everton's dreadful away record as they seek the 12 extra points manager Egil Olsen reckons they need to be safe from relegation.

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Professor Egil Lillestol of Bergen University has been pushing thorium for some years now, and thinks that Norway should set the trend in building a prototype accelerator-driven reactor in which a massive particle accelerator converts thorium-232 to uranium-233 by irradiating it with slow (spallation) neutrons generated by the impact of a 1.6 GeV proton beam on a lead target.

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