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.

Sentence 1:Toward the end of the century St. Michael 's was clustered with other parishes in the area and served by a single priest . Sentence 2:Finally , in the 1990s it was determined that there were no longer enough people to keep the parish open .
finally

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 .
meanwhile

Sentence 1:The next full - length release was Never Long Gone ! in mid-2008 , with their first full Canadian tour . Sentence 2:However , not long after arriving back home , Beau Batts also left the band .
however