On one point, Poirot seemed to have a curious obsession. 
Poirot was obsessed.
Poirot didn't give it a second thought.
A man with a book.
The teenager is doing pushups.
I don't own a car.
There are some restaurants and clubs.
The boardwalk is eerily empty.
The Research in Income and Wealth Conference on New Direction in Productivity Analysis was written in 1996.