But while you might not be able exchange a night of studying for playing some jazz while you snooze, there are some surprising skills you can strengthen overnight — some simply by playing a specific tune or by infusing your bedroom with a distinct smell.
Glenn Close stars as the sexually predatory Marquise de Merteuil, who seeks revenge on a lover who has left her by having another former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich), seduce the man's virginal fiancée (Uma Thurman) in exchange for a night with her.
Offer a percentage of your tips in exchange for a night as a headliner bartender at a busy bar or club.
The only way the Cameroonian made it out of the town was by handing over about $750 dollars in exchange for a night-long ride in a skiff packed to double capacity through waters controlled by paramilitary groups and the feared Clan Usaga drug trafficking gang.
That promises some expensive mistakes for anyone who neglects the difference between old and new exchange rates after a night at the pub.By Turkey's own count, it is the 50th country to pursue a redenomination in recent years.
Parents explain that the bedtime pass can be exchanged just once a night.
Exchanging money for a night of intimacy may still be taboo, but thanks to sites like Rentboy.com, it's never been easier -- or safer -- to do.
The exchanges were characteristic of a night in which candidates who did not speak up often were consigned to 10 minutes or more of silence.
Because the bursar's office at the unnamed university she is attending seems to operate as benevolently as a Russian loan shark, she is forced to consider alternative options, which begin and end with a good-looking date's offer to make a financial contribution to her higher learning in exchange for joining him for a night in his hotel suite.
An eyewitness account of one truce, by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith, recorded that after a night of exchanging carols, dawn on Christmas Day saw a "rush of men from both sides... [and] a feverish exchange of souvenirs" before the men were quickly called back by their officers, with offers to hold a ceasefire for the day and to play a football match.
