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...Vila were the father of the industrious craftsmen responsible for this table, he would be a very proud man. It took two full days to perfect the stencils for the beer mug centerpiece and align the white silhouettes used to ensure perfect cup placement. The table is also equipped with five detachable legs that ensure easy set-up, and it occupies a prominent spot above the fireplace when...

Author: By Christopher Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Table Hopping | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

BRAZIL Misery's Road Trip On his first official trip, newly elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took 29 members of his cabinet to Vila IrmãDulce in the northeastern state of Piauí, the second-poorest in Brazil, to witness what he called "absolute poverty." Lula - as the President is universally known - has made eradicating the malnutrition that afflicts 54 million Brazilians the top priority of his center-left government. Dubbed "the caravan of misery," the trip made good on Lula's election promise to take his ministers to see the suffering of the country's rural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 1/12/2003 | See Source »

Produced by Kristel C.Q. Leow ’04 and Anthony G. Vila...

Author: By Michelle Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Updated ‘Carmen’ Fails to Take Bull by the Horns | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...remote-control fireplaces! The never-cooked-in kitchens! The shark tanks! HGTV president Burton Jablin admits it's all a bit far removed from the sawdusty realm of Bob Vila. But the shows have helped fast-growing HGTV expand beyond its swatch-wielding base. "It's informational voyeurism," Jablin says, maintaining that the average homesteader can still take away useful tips from Joy Philbin interviewing Ivana Trump in her "cozy," 10,000-sq.-ft. Palm Beach house on At Home with... ("Set yourself a budget!" Ivana advises.) "Though," he adds, "certainly people also watch for the catty appeal of saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Star Chambers | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...Vila, who said he was surprised that the traditionally Democratic Massachusetts had a Republican governor, was disappointed by Cellucci's presidential pick...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellucci Stresses Cooperation at IOP Discussion | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

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