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摘要

When Ronald henriksen suits up for a race at Texas World Speedway an hour outside Houston, he dons a fireproof suit and Kevlar gloves and shoes. He's been racing for 33 years, so pushing the turns and lining the straightaways are second nature. Still, it's a comfort to know that if he hits a wall, he won't get burned. If only there were such protections in the dicey world of telecom, where Henrik-sen, 57, has banked curves for 20 years. A year ago he bought bankrupt voice-and-data company Logix Communications for $23 million in cash just as regional calling companies were crashing. Henriksen was the lone bidder for the limping telco.