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.

[Q]: Sentence 1:The New York Times had shrunk to almost nothing by the 1890s . Sentence 2:However , after its purchase by Adolph Ochs of Knoxville , Tennessee , in 1896 , it reached an upscale audience with unbiased and detailed news .
[A]: however


[Q]: Sentence 1:This leads to a situation where the displacement through - the - thickness is not necessarily linear and where the plate thickness may change during deformation . Sentence 2:Therefore , Reissner 's theory does not invoke the plane stress condition .
[A]: therefore


[Q]: Sentence 1:Jump up ^ The flag was first adopted in April 1894 . Sentence 2:However , it was repealed in 1906 , remaining in de facto usage until its official re-adoption in April 2001 .
[A]:
however