Ms. Guhl called the hospital a dinosaur that had been an "intractable problem" in the state's psychiatric system for 20 years.
Chechnya, consumed by war and banditry since 1994, has been an intractable problem for Mr. Putin, fueling terrorism in Moscow, regional disorder and allegations of Russian brutality.
"It is a permanent solution, to what has been an intractable problem," said Stephen P. Younger, the president of the New York State Bar Association.
The near six-year civil war in Syria has been an intractable problem for Obama, who was widely criticised for drawing a "red line" over the use of chemical weapons then failing to enforce it.
PAGE A16 New Hampshire May Close Courts A17 TRACKING BIRDS WHILE THEY FLY For scientists, tracking birds as they fly 60 miles an hour has been an intractable problem.
In Nigeria, a vast, populous and diverse collection of states, Reuben Abati, an influential columnist, has written, "Nigerians love good things in other lands, even if they are not making any effort to reproduce the same at home," adding, "If Obama had been a Nigerian, his race, color and age would have been an intractable problem".
