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Telarc International: Joe Williams (871 words) |
 | Joe Williams was one of the few vocal artists who received uniform praise from critics as well as fellow artists. |
 | Williams is not one to rest on his laurels. |
 | Williams has also appeared as an actor in several motion pictures and television shows: The Moonshine War, a motion picture with Alan Alda; the Lou Grant show on CBS Television; and as Grandpa Al on the popular NBC Television series The Bill Cosby Show. |
| CNN - The 1997 Nobel Prizes (925 words) |
 | Williams was one of the leading forces behind the treaty. |
 | After earning a master's degree in international affairs, Williams was working for a temporary agency in Washington in 1981 when someone handed her a leaflet in the subway which launched her career as a political activist. |
 | The International Campaign to Ban Landmines -- Information from one of leading organizations in the effort to secure a worldwide ban on land mines, including the text of the treaty to ban land mines drafted to be signed in December. |