(1) In that case the patient had been diagnosed with terminal cancer or intractable pain connected up with the terminal cancer.

(2) At the heart of the present political conflict is an intractable contradiction.

(3) After years in the doldrums, the economy is picking up, and the seemingly intractable budget deficits have been avoided for the past two years.

(4) This problem has grown increasingly intractable because of changing social expectations about parenthood.

(5) Under those circumstances, it's hard not to simply decide that the problem is intractable and give up.

(6) Germany, with its intractable economic problems, is seriously considering it.

(7) Poverty remains intractable despite economic growth in many countries.

(8) The recollection is of a religious zealot, a somewhat dull and intractable man in stark contrast to his master, the virile and volatile Henry VIII.

(9) When Dana reached her side, he realized that she was intractable .

(10) The idea is to bring them on side, to drive a wedge between them and people they perceive as intractable opponents.

(11) Spinal cord stimulators also are used in the treatment of intractable pain.

(12) She was brave, but she was also intractable , when she set her mind on something.

(13) Nothing is more frightening - no economic problem more intractable - than a deflationary spiral.

(14) In the end he was beaten by Pandora, in whose box was not only the party demon but also the even more intractable economic and nationality devils.

(15) If all these measures fail and pain remains intractable , then below knee amputation may be needed.

(16) In part this flows from the recognition that many of the most intractable social problems are not simply economic or even political.

(17) War is further seen as a means of diverting the attention of working people from the intractable social and economic crisis at home.

(18) Now it represents one of the world's most intractable economies.

(19) People with diabetes may develop a particularly intractable form of disordered eating that is not readily amenable to treatment.

(20) Economic progress has been accompanied by wide income disparities and intractable social problems.