lib-lab (en)

(British politics) a Lib–Lab pact; a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Liberal Party) and the Labour Party

Long Telegram (en)

an 8,000-word telegram from George Kennan, an American official in the Moscow embassy, responding to a request from the State Department for an analysis of the Soviet position; Feb 1946.

serried (en)

(adjective) crowded or pressed together; compact / (adjective) marked by ridges; serrate / (verb) to press together especially in ranks / (verb) to crowd together