TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1:These events , combined with the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction took a heavy toll on the parish . Sentence 2:However , the people proved resilient , and in short order became prosperous again .

SOLUTION: however

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:So I think it 's just a combination of a lot of things , but I was very pleased in the way they fought through it today . Sentence 2:But ( it 's ) not fighting through it .

SOLUTION: but

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:Numbers of farmers from the midwest arrived but were disappointed that their familiar crops did poorly . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Nottawa was founded in the late 1880s and had one general store .

SOLUTION:
meanwhile