[en] Nuclei generate high spins by two methods, alignment of single particle angular momentum and collective rotation. The competition of these two modes is discussed for the highest spins 40 less than or equal to I less than or equal to 65 h bar. Evidence is presented that alignment of the h₉2/ and i₁₃2/ proton orbitals from the next higher major shell produces large affects at high spins in rotational nuclei in the A = 160-166 region. It is suggested that such major shell effects produce the still larger irregularities known to occur in the lighter nuclei of this region