Alaska is the biggest of the fifty states by territory but one of the smallest by population.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

The smallest of these is an opening of less than one meter;

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Even the smallest daily activity, like brushing one's teeth, requires a trip to the tank, where people pay a large portion of their meager salaries for containers of cloudy,brackish water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04