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.
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Question: Sentence 1:X-rays have been detected from V473 Lyrae during a survey looking for x-rays from young main sequence companions to Cepheid variables . Sentence 2:However , the x-rays in this case appear to originate from the Cepheid itself , not from the companion .

Answer: however


Question: Sentence 1:The poem is generally attributed to Anne Boleyn , and is assumed to have been composed whilst she was imprisoned in the Tower of London . Sentence 2:However , the evidence for her authorship is n't entirely conclusive .

Answer: however


Question: Sentence 1:Debt Like Compensation - If an executive is compensated exclusively with equity , he will take risks to benefit shareholders at the expense of debtholders . Sentence 2:Thus , there are several proposals to compensate executives with debt as well as equity , to mitigate their risk - shifting tendencies .

Answer:
thus