In what stage of quasi-courtship behavior are we engaging when we manipulate our appearance by combing our hair, straightening our tie, and double-checking our appearance?

the number of senators, and representatives, the state has in congress.

classical republicanism, also known as civic humanism, is a form of republicanism  developed in the renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of  classical  antiquity, especially such  classical  writers as aristotle, polybius, and cicero.