"We're very representative of Hong Kong," said Emmanuel Vivant, the general manager of the system.
Compaq, for its part, will "make it easier to set up Internet store fronts," promises Bill Hensler, vice president and general manager of the system maker's Small & Medium Business Division.
Some transit officials intimated that the most likely successor is Alan F. Kiepper, who recently resigned as general manager of the Houston system and before that had headed the system in Atlanta.
"They moved slower than Charlie Chaplin," Fady P. Bassily, general manager of the metro system, said.
"Do we or any other transit authority have the financial resources to get to a state of good repair overnight?" asked Jonathan R. Davis, the deputy general manager of the transit system in Boston.
The general manager of the Metro system, John B. Catoe Jr., said one train had stopped near a platform and was waiting for permission to proceed when it was hit from behind by the second train.
Laurence Jackson, president and general manager of the bus system, said the increase was caused by several factors, including low fares and continuing downtown redevelopment, which resulted in more trips to work.
Only recently promoted to general manager of the New Jersey system, Stanley had been reluctant to take the position in London and took it for one year only, provided he would be free to return to America at the end of the year.
He held a wide range of leadership positions, including senior vice president and general manager of the missile systems division, general manager of electronic systems, and president of electronic systems.
Before joining Tandem, Mr. Pesatori was vice president and general manager of the computer systems division at the Digital Equipment Corporation.
Corporations typically encrypt only a fraction of their data to save cost and avoid crippling slowdowns in performance, says Ross Mauri, general manager of the z Systems group at IBM.
