"Would you believe that The Washington Post wrote a 746-word article on Hillary's cleavage?" Ann Lewis, a top campaign official, said in a fund-raising e-mail.

"Frankly, focusing on women's bodies instead of their ideas is insulting. It's insulting to every woman who has ever tried to be taken seriously in a business meeting," Lewis wrote.

The Post ombudsman defended Givhan's article.

"Does this have anything to do with whether Clinton should be president?" the ombudsman asked. "Not a thing. But do we want to read the column about her cleavage? Yes indeed.

"It was the most viewed story on the Web site all day. So was a recent story on (Democratic presidential hopeful) John Edwards's hairdresser."

Earlier this year Edwards was taken to task in newspapers and on the Internet for paying 400 dollars for a haircut.

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华盛顿的职业女性向来以保守的形象示人，近日希拉里的“乳沟事件”一时间成为民主党总统竞选中最热门的话题之一。

在7月18日的一场与教育有关的竞选辩论中，平日里穿着十分保守的希拉里一袭低领装亮相。这在一开始并没有引起注意，直到《华盛顿邮报》的时尚专栏作家罗宾·吉芙汉发现并谴责其为“性特征与女性特征的一个小小炫耀”。

普利策奖获得者吉芙汉在文中写道：“周三下午出现了乳沟。”

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