In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:The title holders could also enter . Sentence 2:As a result , theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament -- although this level had never been reached .
as a result

Sentence 1:He worries , as people in town had shaved off his queue during the revolution . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , the innkeeper Zhao arrives .
meanwhile

Sentence 1:The people who used the strigil included athletes , the wealthy , soldiers , and more . Sentence 2:However , wealthy or prestigious individuals often had slaves to wield the strigils and clean their bodies , rather than doing it themselves .

however