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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph, left, gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph, top center, watches Dayon Pratt run the ball against the team's linebackers in preparation for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph, bottom center, watches starting quarterback Femi Bamiro, right, run the offense in preparation for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School's starting quarterback Femi Bamiro, left, and backup QB Darius Taylor, right, warm up before practice, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gets her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph heads to the field for practice to get her team ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph sits in the coaches locker room before going out to practice with her team to get ready for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School Football Coach Natalie Randolph gives direction to Dayon Pratt, left, during practice in preparation for the Turkey Bowl, Washington, DC, Monday, November 21, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School football coach Natalie Randolph (top) watches Dayon Pratt run the ball against the team's linebackers during a practice for the Turkey Bowl. The coach (left) sees to it that her student-athletes are successful in the classroom as well. She holds study halls for her players four times a week. The team's grade-point average has improved from last year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School varsity football coach Natalie Randolph is in her second year of coaching and some of the novelty of a woman heading a boys football team has worn off. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Coolidge High School varsity football coach Natalie Randolph (background) watches her players during a drill in preparation for the Turkey Bowl against Dunbar High School. She's in her second year of coaching and some of the novelty of a woman heading a boys football team has worn off. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Iranians form a human chain this month around the Isfahan uranium conversion facility to urge their government to block international inspectors. More than 2,000 university students turned out for the demonstration, saying they were ready to sacrifice themselves to defend their country's nuclear rights, according to state media. (Associated Press)