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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+def find_index_in_list(array, word):
+    '''Find the index of a word in a list'''
+    for i, w in enumerate(array):
+        if w == word:
+            return i
+
+    # This word does not appear in the list
+    return None
+
+
+def main(first_list, second_list):
+    # Turn the words into a list
+    first_list = re.findall(r'\w+', first_list)
+    second_list = re.findall(r'\w+', second_list)
+
+    # We set the index_sum to one more than the greatest possible solution
+    index_sum = len(first_list) + len(second_list) + 1
+    solution = []
+
+    # Loop through the first_list
+    for i1, w in enumerate(first_list):
+        # See if it appears in the second list
+        i2 = find_index_in_list(second_list, w)
+        if i2 is not None:
+            # The the index sum of this word
+            i = i1 + i2
+            if i < index_sum:
+                # It is better than the previous solution
+                solution = [w]
+                index_sum = i
+            elif i == index_sum:
+                # It is the same as the previous solution
+                solution.append(w)
+
+    # Print the results
+    if solution:
+        print('("' + '", "'.join(solution) + '")')
+    else:
+        print('()')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])