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The hottest speculation among the Las Vegas oddsmakers centers on the company that Hughes said he would never sell but then had to give up−TWA. Since its shares are now worth one-seventh of their value when he sold out, he could buy them back for $80-$100 million. That could be raised by selling a few Las Vegas hotels and Air West, which he would have to give up anyway to comply with Civil Aeronautics Board regulations. After that, he could again be boss of his own major airline.