US DEPT OF LABOR: Punxsutawney Phil casts no shadow, but student "shadows" spring up all over the country.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 1999-US DEPT OF LABOR: Punxsutawney Phil casts no shadow, but student "shadows" spring up all over the country (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020299 It's February 2nd and Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania groundhog, failed to see his shadow. That's good news for everyone who's ready for spring, but if Phil had looked a little further he would have seen thousands of little shadows.

For the second year, workplaces around the country -- including the U.S. Department of Labor -- invited students to spend the day "shadowing" workers to get a first hand experience of the work world. Groundhog Job Shadow Day is a project of the National School-to-Work Office, a joint venture of the Labor Department and Department of...