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Examines the new diversification and strategies of the organized criminal groups, suggests counter measure, and places these issues in a global context since the threats posed by criminal enterprises impact economies world wide.

Beginning management students often hesitate to participate in class because they lack confidence and are afraid of saying something "wrong." This article describes and illustrates a technique that gently forces students to participate by making them physically move to a place in the room that expresses their viewpoint on a topic. This movement opens the door to greater participation as students then informally debate the reasons for their physical choices. Reasons for the success of the technique are discussed and limitations of the technique are considered.

The problem of highway safety involves the three related elements of the driver, the vehicle, and the road. Hu man nature being what it is, the first two seem less susceptible to improvement than the third. At present, therefore, the greatest potential for gain in safety seems to lie in better roads. Highway designers recognize that their objective is to provide for the movement of people and goods between origins and destinations of their own choice; that roads built now must carry traffic of today and of a reasonably distant tomorrow—swiftly, economically, comfortably, and safely. The accomplishment of these objectives lies in highway design, and this, in turn, must be based on human behavior and vehicle performance. If we are to build both adequate capacity and safety into our high ways, we must design them for the capabilities of the vehicles and the habits and wishes of the drivers as they exist, not as we might like them to be. Extensive observation and research over the years have produced the knowledge needed to develop such design, culminating in the standards for the Interstate System. Continued study should result in further refinement and improvement.