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.

Input: Consider Input: Sentence 1:Business transformed from individual - country capitalism to global capitalism . Sentence 2:Thus , the study of cross-cultural communication was originally found within businesses and government , both seeking to expand globally .

Output: thus

Input: Consider Input: Sentence 1:As the title suggests , video tape operators only work in video taped production . Sentence 2:Although , VTR operator 's still work on digital productions .

Output: although

Input: Consider Input: Sentence 1:The people who used the strigil included athletes , the wealthy , soldiers , and more . Sentence 2:However , wealthy or prestigious individuals often had slaves to wield the strigils and clean their bodies , rather than doing it themselves .
Output: however