Intractably bad socio-economic circumstances can and will lead good people to do bad things.

FORBES: The Best Gun Control Measure Is Always A Job

Although grilling seems intractably associated with red meat, there are plenty of options for vegetarians or fish fans, too.

NPR: For Many This Weekend, The Grill Offers A Thrill

Reporter with Euro accent asks intractably long question about language barriers, ends by asking if Larry will let Robin make a joke first.

ENGADGET: Live coverage of Google Keynote with Robin Williams

The front lines in the ongoing debate on whether violence in media such as video games and movies causes aggression in children seem intractably drawn.

FORBES: Senator Rockefeller Quotes Experience, Believes That Evidence Proves Violent Movies and Games Cause Aggressive Behavior in Kids

Through dialogue, people who seem intractably opposed often change the way they view and relate to each other even as they maintain the commitments that underlie their views.

FORBES: This Space Is For Adults Only

Abortion ranks as one of the most intractably divisive issues in America and is likely to remain so as rival camps of true believers see little space for common ground.

WSJ: Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy

While at his previous position at the U.S. Organic Center, which is ideologically and intractably (and irrationally) opposed to genetic engineering, Benbrook authored many other papers with similar claims about genetic engineering.

FORBES: How Groundbreaking New Technologies Are Smothered By Anti-Technology Ideologues

For example, recent statistics show that the US is further from recession than was widely feared it would be, when the government of the world's biggest economy lost its AAA rating over the summer - although growth is sluggish and unemployment intractably high.

BBC: Italy on the brink

The latter remain intractably complacent.

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