I believe it comes from movie theatre news short subjects on screens everywhere during the forties.
time to time is a common saying meaning now and then or sometimes
To get nutrients from the moisture.
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Toronto is in Eastern Time.
time marches on
Time Marches On was created on 1996-01-23.
Time Marches On - song - was created on 1996-03-18.
A long time
Popeye the Sailor - 1960 Time Marches Backwards 1-54 was released on: USA: 1960
You can use marches as a noun or as verb. An example of marches as a verb would be "He marches like a chicken" An example of marches as a noun would be "All marches begin with a single step"
Come Home
This saying means that an army will go where it can be fed. If an army has no food, they will grow weak, when they are weak they march slow and are sluggish in a fight. So an army that marches on its stomach, marches to where it will be fed. Man cannot live on faith alone, while filling the spririt, it matters not to the stomach.
The saying 'time and tide wait for no man' means that favorable opportunities come and go, as time progresses, and we should always act without delay.
It was broadcaster Westbrook Van Voorhis, who narrated the "March of Time" newsreel series from the 1930s to the early 1950s. His familiar catchphrase was "Time...marches on!". Keith Olbermann, who has hosted "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on MSNBC and Current television, frequently makes references to the catchphrase. In fact, when Olbermann began his Current TV version of "Countdown" in June 2011, he named a regular humor segment of his show "Time Marches On."
James of the Marches died in 1476.
James of the Marches was born in 1391.