1.   Although the security breach was minor, it is yet another sign that using the Internet to prepare and file tax returns is not guaranteed safe.

2.   And no place can ever be guaranteed safe.

3.   Officials Thursday acted to head off any panic over mad cow disease, planning newspaper advertisements that say Italian beef is guaranteed safe.

4.   The group said such products -- including biscuits, sweets and pastries -- could not be guaranteed safe unless the British government took further safety measures.