What is "now and again"

Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. New.]

1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

   I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
   --Arbuthnot.

2. Very lately; not long ago.

   They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
   --Waller.

3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

   The ship was now in the midst of the sea.
   --Matt. xiv. 2

4. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

   How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor?
   --L'Estrange.

   Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is?
   --Shak.

   Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber.
   --John xviii. 40.

   The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander.
   --South.

   Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

   Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

   Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.''
   --Drayton.

   Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.''
   --J. Webster (1607).

   Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
   --Pope.

Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]

1. In return, back; as, bring us word again.

2. Another time; once more; anew.

   If a man die, shall he live again?
   --Job xiv. 14.

3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

4. In any other place. [Archaic]
   --Bacon.

5. On the other hand. ``The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.''
   --Shak.

6. Moreover; besides; further.

   Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
   --Herschel.

   Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.

   Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

   To and again, to and fro. [Obs.]
   --De Foe.

   Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.

adv. (context idiomatic English) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently.

adv. now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, at times, from time to time]

Now and Again is an American television series created by Glenn Gordon Caron which aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain. In an attempt to get the project up and running, they take the brain of overweight family man Michael Wiseman, who is killed by a train.

Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by government experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris, in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to return to his wife Lisa and daughter Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as it seems with Michael's death.

Now and Again is a 1999-2000 American television series.

Now and Again may also refer to:

• Now and Again (Daryle Singletary album)
• Now and Again (The Grapes of Wrath album)

Now and Again was a 1989 album by The Grapes of Wrath. The band's most commercially successful album, it also contained one of their biggest hit singles, "All the Things I Wasn't". It was the first album to feature new member Vince Jones on keyboards.

The album was produced by Anton Fier. It was recorded in an old (and supposedly haunted) church in Woodstock, New York. Guest musicians included Chuck Leavell, Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Jane Scarpantoni.

In Chart magazine's 1996 reader poll of the Best Canadian Albums of All Time, Now and Again ranked in 47th place. In the magazine's 2000 poll, the album ranked 27th. It did not rank in the Top 50 in 2005.

For the singles "What Was Going Through My Head" and "Do You Want To Tell Me", the b-sides were songs recorded on CBC Radio program Brave New Waves. One was an acoustic version of the song "Backward Town", and the other was a cover of the Paul McCartney hit, "Let Me Roll It".

Now and Again is a compilation album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 2000 via Koch Records. The album includes six songs from his previous albums for Giant Records: "I Let Her Lie, "Too Much Fun" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" from Daryle Singletary, "Amen Kind of Love" from All Because of You, and "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" and "The Note" from Ain't It the Truth. It also includes four new tracks in "I've Thought of Everything", "Dumaflache", a cover of Savage Garden's " I Knew I Loved You", and the title track. "I Knew I Loved You" and "I've Thought of Everything" were both released as singles, peaking at #55 and #70 on the U.S. country singles charts.