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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      1923: Saarinen family moved to Michigan & his father became 1st president & chief architect of @cranbrookedu. Eero took courses in design & sculpture. He designed cast-iron gates, dining room furniture & gargoyles for campus. 1934: he graduated from @Yale Depart of Architecture.

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    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      1938: Eliel & Eero unanimously won 1st place in a competition to design a @smithsonian Gallery of Art. Though ultimately the design was rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts, Eero was prominently featured in the press for the winning design that beat out 400 other entries.pic.twitter.com/yarNn5epUF

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    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      Shortly after #WWII broke out Eero became a naturalized US citizen. He was recruited to #OSS by a former @Yale classmate where he worked until 1944. At the time the organization considered Eero to be “the most versatile & gifted young designer & architect in this country.”

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    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      At 32 years old Eero was appointed Chief of the Special Exhibits Section of the Presentation Division. He was responsible for designing & constructing military schools & situation rooms along with the display equipment used in the various War Department conference rooms.

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    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      Eero created a revolutionary 3D organization chart, instrumental in presenting problems of procedure & work-flow through various parts of #OSS. He also built models of weapons for use in training scenarios & created models & props for use in films.pic.twitter.com/wvhx4Ekwwy

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    6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      Saarinen’s work for #OSS was highly commended by Undersecretary of War, the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, the Director of the Women’s Army Corps, & many others. His experience & experiments in #OSS are reflected in his later design work.

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    7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      At the war’s end, Eero returned to Michigan where major corporations asked him to design their headquarters or corporate campuses. Eero accepted commissions from: @IBM @CBS @JohnDeere @Vassar @MIT @Yale @Penn & @UChicago He also chose the winning design for @SydOperaHouse.pic.twitter.com/YIkVp1qZFl

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    8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      1948: Eero beat out his father & 170 others, to win a competition designing a monument to commemorate the massive flow of pioneers through St. Louis during the 1800s. It would become @GatewayArchSTL.pic.twitter.com/fJFJjiVjSM

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    9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      Eero was asked to create TWA terminal @JFKairport to ‘evoke the spirit of flight’ He had an idea while eating a grapefruit. He split it in half, flipped it upside down & pressed on center. Sides of grapefruit bulged up & thus the inspiration for the famed curved concrete shellspic.twitter.com/45EjDP2VyY

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    10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      Eero also designed @Dulles_Airport, world’s 1st jet airport, American embassies in London & Oslo, & 1 house: Miller House, in Columbus, Indiana. Eero was known for being obsessed w revision & for building large models to accommodate his peering inside for complete inspection.pic.twitter.com/mXRxaoKHL6

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      CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jan 11

      1961: when Eero died at the age of 51 while undergoing an operation to remove a brain tumor, he was considered one of the most versatile & gifted designers & architects in the US. http://bit.ly/2muiNWl pic.twitter.com/WTdiNlk3ge

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        1. Dap‏ @Dapdapmat Jan 13
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          Love cia and america from tabriz my dream is to join cia but i think i'll never be one of them because i think cia dont let me to join

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        2. #SpaceForce Commander‏ @denisesaturn Jan 12
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          A Group of Former Nuclear Launch Officers Calls President Trump 'A Clear and Present Danger' - TIMEhttps://apple.news/AwwRxDi47SDCJ3ay-WVzgSQ

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        3. #SpaceForce Commander‏ @denisesaturn Jan 12
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          Wonder why?🤔🤷‍♀️ @POTUS Outed The Football 🏈pic.twitter.com/rcJIreNbNH

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        1. john shepard‏ @johnshe33458796 Jan 12
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          i love CIA twitter

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        1. Toothypeg‏ @t00thyPeg Jan 11
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          Thanks! I enjoyed reading this piece

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        1. Mischa Devincent‏ @DevincentMischa Jan 13
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          Where was Michael Hastings shout out when he died????

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        1. 파멸의 영혼 NIS MK-Ultra‏ @xm6m2b0e Jan 13
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          파멸의 영혼 NIS MK-Ultra Retweeted 파멸의 영혼 NIS MK-Ultra

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        1. Серый Волк‏ @Ok_viking Jan 12
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          Всех переводчиков twitter уволить. Каракули, а не переводы.

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        1. Ahmed‏ @Ahmed78095640 Jan 12
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          I love cIA

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        1. Alfred Ghalousian‏ @AlfredGhalousi2 Jan 11
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        1. Kurt Rex Cooper  💚‏ @KurtRexCooper Jan 11
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          Just think if he had lived another 30 years...

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        1. #Cph.dk@Live.Com;inflation:fuldmagt:‏ @stocksredhivall Jan 11
          Replying to @CIA @GatewayArchSTL and

          I #pakistan #kina, #korea mete, sve #usa moze, kad bi bilo novca od vas, poludili bi sve @CIA, @POTUS, @Pontifex, Ali i hrista se odøricem zbog bede mene, #Srb, bicu @partizan, samo zbog siromasva, sve izgubio, #cia, @CIA, @CHN_NIELIT, #rus, @RusEmbDK

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        2. Ömer Faruk GÜRZ‏ @ofgurz Jan 11
          Replying to @CIA @GatewayArchSTL and

          LEGEND...pic.twitter.com/O5fmbpenpr

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