This is likely to lead to significant economic costs as hatcheries may ship thousands of birds interstate per year.

Winter tomatoes, for example, which are shipped unripened thousands of miles, are usually too pallid to add to green salads.

If we had facilities, we could ship thousands of carcasses back to Earth every dry season.

Microchip, which began shipping the chips in April, is now shipping tens of thousands a month.

They buy natural European spring water bottled in plastic and shipped thousands of miles.

"We shipped hundreds of thousands of 400-megahertz processors but were unable to satisfy strong overall market demand," he said.

In the mid-1800's, it was a major oystering center, shipping tens of thousands of bushels annually.

"We'd have to ship thousands of stars back and forth all over the place to make any big difference."

It was amazing how small ergonomic problems turn into huge headaches when you're shipping thousands of orders to 60 different countries.

What's white, taken from the back of a sheep, tied up with black bows, shipped thousands of light years, and lost?