--- HTMLParser.jj.bak	2003-10-31 11:57:43.000000000 +0100
+++ HTMLParser.jj	2003-10-31 12:16:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 
 public class HTMLParser {
   public static int SUMMARY_LENGTH = 200;
+  public static int MAX_WAIT = 1000;
 
   StringBuffer title = new StringBuffer(SUMMARY_LENGTH);
   StringBuffer summary = new StringBuffer(SUMMARY_LENGTH * 2);
@@ -122,10 +123,14 @@
   public String getSummary() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     if (pipeIn == null)
       getReader();				  // spawn parsing thread
+    int elapsedMillis = 0;
     while (true) {
       synchronized(this) {
 	if (summary.length() >= SUMMARY_LENGTH)
 	  break;
+	elapsedMillis = elapsedMillis + 10;
+	if (elapsedMillis > MAX_WAIT)
+	  break;
 	wait(10);
       }
     }