The Simpsons‘ “The Past and the Furious” imagines a version of Springfield where all plants have been wiped out thanks to Mr. Burns’ expanding corporate reach. When Lisa gets depressed at ...

Received with cheers. Music -- "Auld Lang Syne." Song -- "Ode to Burns" -- Mr. LAWSON. II. The Genius of Burns -- Its sacred influence is felt wherever civilization has a home -- its towering ...

Burns became chief of The New York Times bureau in New Delhi in 1994. He was previously based in Sarajevo and, before that, Belgrade. In 1993 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for courageous coverage ...