  The Interacting Boson plus broken-pairs Model has been used to describe
high-spin bands in spherical and transitional nuclei. In the spherical nucleus
$^{104}$Cd the model reproduces the structure of high-spin bands built on a
vibrational structure. Model calculations performed with a single set of
parameters reproduce ten bands in $^{136}$Nd, including the two dipole
high-spin bands based on the $(\pi h_{11/2})^2$ $(\nu h_{11/2})^2$
configuration.
