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.

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:The eunuchs in the Directorate of Ceremonial headed by Feng Bao brooked no weakening of their power by Gao . Sentence 2:Hence , an alignment among Zhang and Feng erected to marginalize Gao .
[EX A]: hence

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:Together they unravel a plot to target an army general with a genetically - engineered virus . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Brian tries to learn more about Senator Eddie Morra , and draws a blank .
[EX A]: meanwhile

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:Glass is the material of choice for laboratory applications due to its inertness compared with metals or plastics . Sentence 2:However , plastic funnels made of nonreactive polyethylene are used for transferring aqueous solutions .
[EX A]:
however