Generate a topic word for the given sentence. A topic word is usually the name of a person, place, animal, concept or object the sentence is focusing on.

Q: the southern connecticut state university is one of four universities in the u.s. state of connecticut.

A: southern connecticut state university
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Q: habib thiam (21 january 1933 – 26 june 2017) was a senegalese politician.

A: habib thiam
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Q: david dean rusk (february 9, 1909 – december 20, 1994) was an american politician.

A:
dean rusk
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