1.   As a result, a number of merchandise-financing companies have told suppliers not to make shipments to the retailer.

2.   Burlington Northern customers will now have to advise the railroad each time they plan to make a shipment through the Laredo and Eagle Pass border crossings.

3.   But a spokesman for TWA, John McDonald, said that his company believed that it had been authorized to make the shipments.

4.   He had made many shipments of marijuana.

5.   He also made shipments to Alaska and has shipped filled orders toin Hawaii, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

6.   Some local packers have made shipments already, and others are preparing to this week.

7.   That closed the door on European imports by making European shipments to the U.S. less profitable and by cutting U.S. demand for imports.

8.   The company has just begun to make shipments to smaller vendors and independent phone companies who have signed contracts to be distributors.

9.   The latest estimate from Japanese traders and Russian officials is that shipments could be made this week.

10.   They had argued that they were unwilling to order drivers to make shipments because of fear for their safety.