Meanwhile the couple has come to a sort of emotional crossroads, torn between a long-standing loyalty to the motherland and devotion to their American family.
The Weinberg family has demonstrated unique and long-standing loyalty and service to the Hospital, beginning with Johns father, the late Sidney J. Weinberg, who served on the board of The Presbyterian Hospital.
His has been an exemplary career, with supporting roles for Martin Scorsese ("Gangs of New York") and Woody Allen ("Bullets Over Broadway"); an Oscar for "Iris"; a florid turn as the ringmaster in "Moulin Rouge"; and a long-standing loyalty to Mike Leigh.
She explains that she "learned a great deal" from running for parliament in 2005, saying that she chose the Tories not through any long-standing loyalty (she supported Blair in 1997) but because in the early 2000s she thought Labour had squandered its mandate while the Conservatives "were doing a huge amount to address local issues around poverty and deprivation".
Mr. Giuliani has routinely met loyalty with loyalty, standing by political allies and friends in their darkest hours.
In the Roman Empire it seemed natural to offer sacrifice and burn incense to the divine emperor as a symbol of loyalty, much like standing for a national anthem today.
Again, just a layman's anecdotal evidence, but it used to be that to discuss a rapprochement with an average Cuban citizen was to encounter tears standing in his eyes, the loyalty to Fidel was so fierce.
That is the legacy that anyone stepping into her Amazonian boots will have to deal with - generations of dreamers who believed in friendship, family loyalty, fighting fair, standing up for truth and justice, and looking damn good while they do it.
At their worst, these leaders stand for winning over everything -- ethics, beliefs, loyalty -- thus philosophically standing for nothing.
Such patronage was also bound to determine the loyalties of a standing army.
But for now, the country is in crisis, and we need to show our loyalty to it by standing by the administration.
