TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1:Like many universities and colleges in the United States , Stanford does not make use of hoods for bachelors . Sentence 2:Instead , bachelors use a stole bearing the university seal at graduation ceremonies .

SOLUTION: instead

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:So I think it 's just a combination of a lot of things , but I was very pleased in the way they fought through it today . Sentence 2:But ( it 's ) not fighting through it .

SOLUTION: but

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:When being the weaker party , an encouragement of being more strategic occurs since the weaker party fears that their outcome will be in threat . Sentence 2:In fact , this leads to a decision more in favor of the weaker party .

SOLUTION:
in fact