sentences:  Five years later, Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder Publications to form Knight Ridder.When "The Inquirer" was bought, it was understaffed, its equipment was outdated, many of its employees were underskilled and the paper trailed its chief competitor, the "Evening Bulletin", in weekday circulation.However, Eugene L. Roberts Jr., who became "The Inquirer"'s executive editor in 1972, turned the newspaper around.