In the autumns of 2009 and 2010 the coverage of Arctic sea ice was much lower than the long-term average: the second smallest, last month, of any recorded November.

在2009年和2010年的秋天，北冰洋浮冰的比往常变薄，上一个月，也就是11月，北冰洋浮冰的厚度在历年同月份的记录中排名倒数第二。

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Cyprus, the third smallest economy in the Euro zone (the term used to refer to the 17 countries which use the Euro as their currency), was on the brink of default.

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The gender gap is actually smallest in retirement preparedness, which requires such skills as strategic planning, short-term and long-range forecasting, and analysis of multiple variables.

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