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.

Example Input: Sentence 1:Painkillers are thought to complicate deliveries and women are discouraged by ob - gyns from taking them during childbirth . Sentence 2:Therefore , Japanese births tend to be without pain medication .
Example Output: therefore

Example Input: Sentence 1:Back at Myrtle Beach , Purvis started 2nd and finished 8th . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Finch was finalizing his deal to get Purvis back .
Example Output: meanwhile

Example Input: Sentence 1:Official East German and Soviet histories portrayed this merger as a voluntary pooling of efforts by the socialist parties . Sentence 2:However , there is much evidence that the merger was more troubled than commonly portrayed .
Example Output:
however